Spruce Street Internal Medicine

 

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Dustin G.

Denver, CO

I sort of feel bad giving this place 2 stars but after some thought this is probably what they should get.

Spruce Street Internal Medicine consists of 3 doctors and a P.A. and is located off of Spruce Street (who woulda thunk it).

I've been having this weird sort of abdominal problem for the last 6 months and have gone to this place 3 separate occasions to try and figure out what the hell is going on. First I went to Jaime the P.A. who was nice and courteous but after 2 visits and a CAT scan couldn't give me any answers. I then went to Dr. Ling, who again couldn't help me and prescribed me Celebrex for the pain, even though that is for joint pain and might be recalled soon. The Celebrex side-effects were exponentially worse than the pain (NEVER TAKE CELEBREX) and now I am running low on pain reliever that works since she didn't want to prescribe me Vicodin again. She was obviously in a hurry, and seemed as stumped as everyone else I've talked to.

It took the 2nd visit for me to get pain-reliever, and the third visit to get blood work. It's not like I enjoy going to the doctor, so I'm really not sure what the hesitation was all about.

So now I'm left in the same spot I was 6 months ago: a mysterious illness which can only be helped by a heap-load of Tylenol or 1 vicodin, and continues to be detrimental to my every day living. Except of course 650 dollars poorer due to the CAT scan and the useless meds.

I did go to Dr. Maiocco before who was more helpful.

In any case, my girlfriend turns out has a similar sort of problem. However, on her first visit to Dr. Jennifer Christenson she got blood work, several packs of lab-stuff to check parasites and other abnormalities, some anti-spasmodic and a referral to a specialist. This is what I should have gotten as well for my condition: why I didn't I really can't say.

I don't think I will be going back.

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