I had an unbelievably hard time with Dr. Luttinger...

I had an unbelievably hard time with Dr. Luttinger, and would like to make sure that no other patient goes through what I did. I was referred to Dr. Luttinger by a physician who was leaving her practice, and although Dr. Luttinger was very new to practicing medicine, I felt this might be ok.
I had had one artificial hip surgery, and found out it was a bit short which affected my back and I had significant back pain.
Dr. Luttinger worked only two days a week at that time, and had followed up with my other doctor by giving me percocet for the pain which I had been taking before. It appears that another reviewer has problems with medication for her mother with pain issues

Each visit with her was the repetition of the prior visit...there was not one visit where she asked how I was doing with my pain issues but appeared to launch into me about giving or selling my medication.

It was brought up to me that she was new, and not very sure of prescribing...That is when I should have switched.

I have been a nurse for 45 years, and my husband was an attorney...we always took the time with our clients or patients to develop a relationship with them...there appeared to be no attempt by Dr. Luttinger to do this. It was apparent to me that the nurse in the office might have been reacting to the grilling I received, as I left the last time she kept shaking her head .

She was an hour away, so there were times when the weather was bad, that I could not get there for a refill, and she was then annoyed if I commented on that.
This physician should never have been working with me with pain issues as she did not have the background or the understanding .
When I finally left, I wrote to Dartmouth telling them that she appeared to harrass me at every as I sought help for my back and hip pain issues. After I contacted a pain clinic, they did an MRI, realized I needed the other hip replaced and placed me on morphine, as they did not agree that percocet should be used in my case. I also shared my experiences with this physician, and they agreed that seeing she did not order appropriate tests, and appeared to harass me about my pain and the medication she was not apparently able to appropriately treat me .I had subsequent surgery to my back and now have two hip replacements and am with the Duke System who know exactly what they are doing.
As a nurse for many years, in most every field, I have never not ever treated a patient the way she treated me ..and was very appreciative of her staff who reached out to me after the visits with her. I do not recommend this physician for any patient.