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| - If I could give a zero star review I would.I went to Dr Tice on the recommendation of a neighbor, whose description of what he did for her mirrored the positive reviews I have read here.
This was not my experience.my first impression of his office and staff was not good, however I chalked it up to the fact that he had just moved to open his own practice, growing pains. He seemed kind and professional, and ordered blood work, telling me his standard blood panels were much more in depth than other Drs, which sounded good to me. My first red flag was his constant reference to my weight, yes I am overweight, but I was there for bio identical hormone replacement not weight loss, which I felt I had to reiterate multiple times, to which his reply was it all ties together, fair enough.
When I returned for my follow up to go over the very thorough blood work he had ordered ,I was very impressed ,they tested for things I didn't know you could do blood tests for! In the end most of the things he tested for had absolutely nothing to do with the issues I went to see him for,he prescribed me appetite suppressants, and pharmaceutical hormones, cholesterol meds, and injections at his office that I was told were also hormones.
None of it was bio identical, which was the only reason I came to see him in the first place! None of it was anything I couldn't have gotten from my regular ob, and we all know there is no magic bullit for weight loss, calorie reduction and movement, period. When I researched the results of my blood work and the medications he prescribed I decided the benefits of some did not out weigh the risks, also based on the extremely incompetent office staff decided he was not the doc for me.
At this point I would have chalked it up to not a good Dr/patient relationship fit,and left if at that, no review necessary.
Then I received the bill from my insurance company, of which he is a covered provider, my grand total of non covered, unauthorized, therefore not covered, blood work which included genetic testing(which was NEVER disclosed or discussed until after it was done) has come in at approximately $9,800. So, close to 10 grand for a prescription for Zocor, progesterone, thyroid(which was completely unnecessary) and appetite suppressants. Of those medications, based on my own research and a second opinion, I ended up with the Zocor, and a food plan with a registered dietician, and some over the counter supplements from GNC.I have lost 10 lbs, , after doing more research and my own personal family history risk factors, decided to hold off on hormone replacement,and seem to be going much better( change in diet and exercise I'm sure)aside from all the work of trying to get the outrageous cost of some of this blood work reduced or covered by my insurance after the fact,and the out of network labs he sent it to.
If you are looking for a doc, and this guy seems up your alley, I say go with God, but buyer beware, you better check once twice and three times before you agree to the blood work, you will be in for a very nasty surprise when you receive that bill three months down the road,also I would say get a second opinion before you start ingesting or injecting possibly unnecessary medications in your body, and yes hormones are medications.
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