I have been going a few months.I suffer from bulging disk,spinal stenosis, granulomas and deteriorating arthritis along with other servers problems.I was run over by a car a few years ago that cracked my tailbone and broke several other bones.I can't work.Suffer severe pain and agony daily and can't get out of bed a lot of days.Since going to this clinic I have had cortisone shots,nerve blocks and now Rhizotomy.I am still in severe pain.I am having worse pain after the Rhizotomy three days ago.The medicine I take has drastically less from this doctor than the doctor I used to go to.I am still suffering emensly.No one seems to care or take time to listen to me.They don't spend two minutes with me.I am very disappionted but I am still trying everything they suggest to get out of pain.Physical therapy has helped a little but I still cannot function and care for my family and do the things daily and am forced to spend most of my time in bed in agony.I can barely walk to the bathroom.I think this clinic just wants to make money off of my insurance.I heard they get paid $2000 an injection and do several injections per person all day long.And the injections used in these clinics aren't FDA approved for what they use them for and some people get worse instead of better.Google it.Mabe this clinic is different,I hope so.I will still do whatever they suggest because I want to one day be able to manage this horrible pain.So for I am still struggling but I haven't given up. read more

Caring doctor, physicians assistant & staff offering individual interventional approaches to pain management. New location is top notch and provides care in a safe & relaxed environment! read more

I began seeing Dr. Johnston after being injured at work. Intervention Pain Institute is located at 4580 Bluebonnette Blvd. He has such a caring, kind, and devoted staff that will bend over backwards to help there patients. This docter is one of the best docters in Louisiana. If you need a smart, genuinely compassionate docter that is very handsome and helping people, then I highly recommend Dr. Johnston. He also offers steroids injections and more. He helped me so much when other docter's couldn't figure out what was wrong with my neck and back. If you care about your health and want someone you can trust visit Dr. Johnston. His website is www.interventionalpain.com and he can be reached at 225-769-3636. read more

I was a patient for 8 years. Dr Johnston never examined me, we just talked briefly. I only saw Dr Johnston for the first few visits then I was turned over to a PA. I would see Dr Johnston when I would have an epidural. I would be placed on a table on my stomach with my face in a hole looking down. Dr Johnston would come in and have a conversation with his techs and never say a word to me...not even hello. If I said anything I was ignored. The last few months each month my meds were cut down even though I told the PA I was hurting all the time. Two months ago when I went I was told Dr Johnston decided that I was getting a pain pump. I didn't want a pain pump and said I didn't. It didn't matter, that is what Dr Johnston had decided and that was law. Funny but I didn't see Dr Johnston on that visit either, it was left to a PA to tell me and I wasn't even allowed to discuss my concerns with him. I got on the phone that day and made an appointment with another doctor. I only went back last month to fire Dr Johnston and get my contract dismissal letter. I have inoperable back problems and have been in pain management since 1999 and was told many times this was going to be the way I lived for the rest of my life. I am now 73. I don't want to spend my life with an uncaring doctor that I can't speak with. His PA's are very nice but I hate to say it but they are his robots and will only spit out his words and it's useless to try to get any dialogue with him. I would advise not going to him if you want a doctor who KNOWS YOU and is THERE FOR YOU. Dr Johnston is not that type of doctor. I wrote many glowing reviews for Dr Johnston hoping it would help and he would be interested in me and help me.....didn't work. I was nothing but more insurance money coming in every month. I really don't feel good about writing a bad review for a doctor but living with pain is not living at all and I don't want anybody else to spend years like I did living with unnecessary pain. read more

I don't know what to rate this office, I'm very disappointed I will not bash them, at least I'll try really hard not to. I was a patient for maybe 3 years now. I came in with back issues, Dr. Johnston did several injections in my back. Since I've been coming I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 2 years ago, I also have neck problems. My neck has been pretty severe for the last 2 maybe 3 months now. I asked for a MRI maybe 2 months ago. His PA said well the one you had a year ago looks good, so no MRI well needless to say I'd run out of pain medication so he assumes I miss use it says take every 6-8 hours as needed well I needed so I'd run out about 5 days before he thought I should. Well it was suggested I get a second opinion well on Monday 07-20-2020 I called to ask to see if they would send records over for second opinion this was probably 8:47am well 9:01 I get call from office manager Amy very nice lady, we had a very good talk. I shared my pain and that I had X-rays of my neck over the weekend when I had my COVID-19 test done, I also asked if they could ok my pain med a day earlier, well Amy assured me she didn't think it would be a problem. Well obviously it was a problem. Oh yeah the X-rays showed C5 C6 narrowing of the disc. It was 3 X-rays I received a letter today from Dr. Barrett Johnston firing me as a patient. No one from his office retuned my call now I know why. I'm disappointed and pain is nothing to play with. I have a psychologist, I have a rheumatologist My point this isn't ethical. No compassion SHAME ON YOU read more