I am so disappointed to have to write this review but it's necessary. I went to see this practice as a new patient. I saw the Nurse practitioner, Ginger. I was EARLY and checked in with the receptionist who was extremely friendly and professional. I would give 5 stars for her frankly. I was finally brought back after I filled out all their paperwork. I brought my recent medical file from a prosthodontics, with the DX of severe TMD ( temper mandibular disease where all my teeth are worn down to nothing causing me the pain that required me to take the lowest amount of pain medication that has kept me functional ) and a bill to restore all my teeth at 60K. I went through her questions about my general health, which she rushed me and I never finished. She then said," So youre here for a new patient appt and refill? " I said" Yes". She took ONE look at my Tylenol #3, a minimal pain medication and stated" We DONT prescribe that here and wont refill it" I was shocked. I said," I dont understand. You've seen my medical file on my severe jaw and teeth issues and that Ive taken this medication for YEARS with no problem or side effects. I need this to function." She refused and said" YOu know, there's no proof pain medication works anyway" I responded" I'm sorry, but I used to work in the medical field and worked in hospice and chronic care. Pain medication worked VERY VERY well for all my pateints . Further, this medication works very well for ME". Then she proceeded to rush me out, claiming I was late. I informed her I was early. She then gave me two cards of pain clinics. One, I informed her was abusive to pateints and had abused my disabled daughter. The second one, turned out, was CLOSED and shut down because they didnt want to do "pain management" anymore. I called the very nice secretary back who confirmed I had been early to the appt, and I informed her that the clinic ginger gave me the other card for was closed. What kind of people call themselves Drs who not only refuse to care for your minimal pain requirements, but further use a now disproven KREBS study to tell you the oldest medicine known to humankind, opiods, doesn't work. opiod based medication has been approved for pain since the early 20th C and has the LEAST side effects compared even to NSAIDS which kill at least 30K+ people whereas legally prescribed medical opiods have only killed 5K ( the CDC guidelines/ claims were proven to be falsified last April in case anyone wants to actually do real research) What Ginger didnt know was I am a leading advocate for pain pateints, and have spoken in CO house hearings on the illegal fake fentanyl and heroin crisis being conflated improperly with NO proof at all with legal and safe pain medication. I wasn't going to waste my time with someone who opines with unsubstantiated unprofessional statements ( "pain medication doesn't work") but anyone really interested in the truth about whats occurring in this country with pateints being refused care for any pain related issues can go read articles in Pain News Network. Maybe these Doctors and Ginger should actually educate themselves and read the 2010 Cochrane Study which proved Opiods DO in fact work very safely and effectively for those peopel in pain. Sadly the real reason they are refusing to prescribe pateints pain medications is NOT because pain medication doesn't work. But because Drs like these are afraid of the DEA coming after them for doing nothing other than being compassionate Drs observing their Hippocratic Oath. Sadly this practice and others are abusing pateints now and refusing them proper care. Ginger wasn't even honest enough to admit that fact. She claimed her DRS could speak to me about their policy. Considering I understand FULL WELL what the real truth was, I woudn't Waste my precious time or mental energy. I cannot recommend this office since they are not only refusing real pain care for pateints but promoting cultish nonsense about pain medication ( that it doesn't work!) Any physician who claims pain medication doesn't work is someone who will also discount OTHER serious medical concerns you have. I'm going to have to go ot concierge medicine at this point as most primary care offices on YELP have 1-3 stars. Medical care in this country is imploding and Drs need to pull their bootstraps up and start really CARING and ADVOCATING for their pateints instead of worrying about their bottom line. Very dissapointed. https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/7/25/pain-management-is-not-the-same-as-addiction read more