Innovative Medicine: Charles Turner, MD

The staff is wonderful there counselor’s are amazing really thought me be coping skills. Missy is the best and she is honest witch is a good thing. Gave me so many life tools to help with so many things. Look forwards to my visits with her.

I’ve been a patient for over 10 years here . Dr turner and his staff are the best !

Dr. Turner listens to you unlike many other doctors.

Saw dr. Turner back in 2012, he is a great MD with a lot of knowledge in the treatment in pain and addiction. He takes his time to get to know you and actually has a great personality. He is not afraid to prescribe unlike other doctors today that are very judgmental.
Now with that said that was in 2012 before the so called "heroin epidemic". I don't want to go into depth about the opioid crisis.
Anyways now I'm back seeing Dr. Turners "treatment team". When I scheduled an appointment to get back into the program, I never saw Dr. Turner. Instead I saw an RN. I was very disappointed in the fact that I paid 250.00 to see Dr. Turner. But, I'm assuming this new structure they have for treating addicts is protect the MD from malpractice suits. I don't want to say he is doing anything wrong with this, considering how busy his staff is. It did disappoint me enough to try and seek treatment elsewhere. His "treatment team" is a blockade between me and the MD, which is not right. They're not qualified enough to say when to stop medications. I believe with the "opioid epidemic" it's literally scaring MDs into protecting they're license. And I do not blame them, or Dr. Turner. I still believe he is a phenominal physician. It just seems very shady that I did not get to see him on my first visit and express my concerns to an actual MD.
My recovery has been very hard due to the fact that I suffer from long-term chronic low-back pain. I've had one surgery that did relieve my nerve pain, but to this day I still have very severe low back pain. I've been on opioid for over 10 years and have tried it all. Buprenorphine is the only opioid that helps me function with my pain and helps with my addiction...when I get tossed back on the streets again, I hope I don't die from a heroin overdose. Because let's face it, that's what these doctors are doing, getting scared and sending addicts away....I don't want anyone to get the wrong message, Dr.Turners program SAVES PEOPLE FROM DYING. I wish you all the very best in your recovery, but if you need buprenorphine long-term to keep you straight, this program is not for you.