Dr. Felix Toro

Anti-Aging Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
42 years experience male

Locations

Felix R. Toro, M.D.

Jacksonville, FL

Address

6817 Southpoint Parkway, suite 304, Jacksonville, FL
Directions

My office hours

Thursday: 9:00am - 5:00am
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About

Bio

Completed the AMMEF Physician Training and Certification in Age Management Medicine, jointly sponsored by the Age Management Medicine Education Foundation (AMMEF) and the Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG)" • "certified in Age Management Medicine by the Age Management Medicine Education Foundation.

Specialties
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.

Anti-Aging Medicine

ADHD and Autism

Integrative Medicine

Preventive Medicine

Psychiatry

Doctor Q&A

84 Answers
30 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Interval: Interval Training is the most effective and fastest way to improve cardiovascular and overall health.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Possibly: It will depend on what kind, degree of depression/anxiety you are having. If it is affecting your function and is getting worse, and not related to a... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Not a good idea!: never is a good idea to "cold turkey" stop a medication, especially on your own w/o your Doctors guidance. The "withdrawal symptoms" days will depend ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do not quell the PTSD fire with Alcohol or Drugs, as they will light the burning coals.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do not provide a home environment with high emotions, confrontation, and constant criticizing.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Consult your Doctor: Take your medications as prescribed by your physician, as he should have done a complete evaluation with a diagnosis and possible complicating factors... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Keep moving, stretching and balance exercises. Take your medication and optimize all your functions.
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Independent Exam: IME stands for "Independent Medical Examination". Many insurance Co., especially Workmen's Compensation, ask an independent expert Doctor for an opini... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Use Common Sense: What you can do; 1) Do not smoke 2) If you drink do it moderately. 3) EXERCISE, move, avoid sitting for long periods of time. 4) Eat healthy (low... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Very Unlikly: Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO, were developed to maintain health, prevent diseases and avoid unnecessary testing or treatment. They try achie... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: They are usually the sweeties, loving children. Enjoy and share there love w others!
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do your research first, it will help you ask the right questions and not waste everyones time.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: To live a long life, walk, walk, move, don,t sit, sit, drive!
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Eat less, Exercise: You are hitting an age were our metabolism starts changing, Our hormones start dropping, and our ability to process food and lose fat diminishes. Ther... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Yes: I am a psychiatrist, what are your questions? Do not be nervous about asking! Just take a deep breath, count to 10 and ask. There are no "wrong questi... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Perimenopausal?: The most likely cause is the combination of changes that occur as we grow older, "the change in life". Visit your Doctor to check all your Hormones, ... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Yes: For a medication to be sold in the USA, it has to be approved by the FDA, (federal drug administration), which makes the Drug Co. go thru very rigorou... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Talk w your Doctor: Effexor (venlafaxine) has a half life (a measure of how long it takes your body to get rid of ½ of it), of 8-12 hrs. So it will be better you take it ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Yes: The amount of Tryptophan in most food will not interact with Duloxetine. So go ahead enjoy your healthy food. A balance diet, Fish Oil, exercises and ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Expose your feet to fresh air and sunlight. Keep them clean and dry and eat a clove of garlic daily.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do lower your stimulation,take your medicine and avoid alcohol or drugs. Do not skip on your sleep.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Management of aging: Yes, but instead of calling it "anti Aging" it is better to look at it as "healthy age management". We can prevent and/or delay most of he so call agi... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Healthy Food: Healthy food with low glycemic index, (low carbohydrates/sugars). Healthy fats like unsaturated one like Olive Oil, DHA (fish oils), and avoid transfa... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
None: Derealization is a symptom of many possible causes that varies from a type of Seizure, to consequences of trauma, abuse and other psychological shocke... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Move/Exercise: i need more information like your age, other medical problems and how have you tried correcting it. Even if the table show it is an "ideal weight" yo... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Listen: Listen share the same letters as silent! Do both and you will age gracefully, and live longer.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do eat unsaturated fats like olive oil, mixed nuts and fish oils, do not eat the transfats of frying.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Watch-out!: While it seems convenience, for BC and stopping your periods, Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone) has been associated with many adverse effects.I have ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: You can stop the progression and reverse some of the deficits! Talk w your Doctor and live healthy.
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Maybe: In Psychiatry there is a riff in between the "lumpers" and the "splitters". As the names imply some will lump together symptoms ( like obsessive compu... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Tell your Doctor: Talk to your Doctor ASAP. Tell her about your thoughts. If your thoughts are getting stronger or you feel you could act on them, go to the ER, there t... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: In the USA there is "scientific consensus" on taking these supplements, Fish Oil, CQ10, Vit D.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Join a support group, learn, read and understand your strengths and not just your deficits!
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: It is not low fat but the right fats that you should eat! Like Olive, fish oil, monounsaturated fats.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
1 to 3 weeks: As we usually start it low and taper up, from 20 mg to 100 mg, it can take from 1-3 weeks to start working. Titrating many times prevents side effects... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Any or All: Those 3 medications are called antidepressants and work similarly, regulating Serotonin, epinephrine and some Dopamine. That is why not only going up ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Yes!: everyone metabolizes medication differently, so the effects can last longer or shorter than average. Vyvanse, (lisdexamfetamine) which is a prodrug th... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Start shifting your sleep clock before your trip. Avoid alcohol in the plane, and ask your doctor.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: View your compulsions as a "coping mechanism" and figure out other ways you can cope.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Eating Organic sausages and cookies with organic juices will still make you Obese, but less toxic!
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Side effects of meds: The symptoms you describe could be side effects from the medications you are taking. Talk with your Doctor as he can adjust your medication or add a s... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
What triggers it?: First you need to figure out what contributes to it. In this case it could be alcohol, the Sun, stress, high decibel noises, the hot dog, tension or ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: At home rest, ice, apply heat, stretch, stand, walk, strengthen muscles, lose weight, follow your MD.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: What you do not use, you lose even more! Exercise and stretch your affected area, get a nice hot tub.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Family and friends should try minimizing highly intense emotional reactions or environment.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Depends but practice: Like any other problem we most first identify it, in this case which type of memory problems you are having. There are many type controlled by differe... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Analyse it!: You first have to keep tract of what and how much you eat and drink water. At the same time measure your activity level (many inexpensive tracking dev... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Side effect?: Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) also blocks the reputable of norepinephrine, so it increases its level in the synapsis. The bladder has a sphincter that cont... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Optimize your Health: I prefer to call it Age Management, a process of optimizing our physical/mental function thru out our life cycle. Research has shown that most of the... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Felix Toro
Anti-Aging Medicine 42 years experience
Ignore: Do practice and use a tutor with a phonetic approach. It gets better with time!
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Testimonials
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HealthTap member
Aug 9, 2014
Dr.Felix Toro is a caring, honest, and compassionate doctor and human being. He's open to expanding his already impressive knowledge and education. He also has a wonderful staff that also treat the pa...Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Toro is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Toro is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Opened my eye especially with having depression myself! I only want what's best for my child, will keep an eye on my reactions thankyou
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Very interesting article, we have a dementia care unit in our town and find the progression of treatment and causes interesting

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, PR
Graduated 1981MD

Medical/Graduate school

Medical School
Graduated 1981MD

Residency

Washington University, Barnes Hospital in St. Louis
Completed 1985

Awards

Top Doctor 2013-Jacksonville Magazine
Top Anti-Aging Specialist, First Place, Florida - Summer
2014
Thought Leader Doctor, Third Place, Jacksonville Region - Summer
2014

Affiliations

Cenegenics Medical Institute
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