Dr Aurand first saw me a year and a half ago. I have multiple fusions and had been on pain control for over twenty years. My first request was that he help me get off the narcotics. I currently had a broken foot and he convinced me to continue. Well, I thought he cared. Almost a year to the day after I first saw him he prescribed a generic narcotic patch that I had told him from day one that I was allergic to the glue. He insisted I HAD TO TRY IT AGAIN to DOCUMENT it. I had documented it multiple times. He knew best. I went to Ga to visit my family. Had been there two days when I walked by the mirror and my lips and eyelids were swollen to the point that they subsequently burst. I looked up the symptoms to find I was going into anaphylactic shock by way of angio edema. After being administered IV steroids as a life saving measure Dr Aurand , nor his office would respond to my pleas for help or direction, neither would he return the call to the emergency clinic. I forgave him and went back. A big mistake. I have since gone though withdrawal on my own because he cares so little as to not even tell me some natural things I could do to lesson my suffering. Simple things like antihistamines, anti diarrheal meds, etc I have never dr shopped. And my pharmacy record would stand in any court. I need to mention that a colonoscopy gone wrong had left me at barely 100 lbs and still vomiting violently. Under these conditions he ignored my suffering. Kept me dependent until it no longer suited him. It was all or nothing with him. It almost cost my life because I also have asthma and didn't know withdrawal causes this to be ten times more dangerous. He and his staff did though and offered me nothing , but grief for taking their time. There is a sign in his office that reads: the staff will handle your calls as a courtesy??? I thought that was their job. And heaven help you if you are female and don't look like Quasimodo. That secretary there will go as far as to tell you there are no appointments for the next month when you are standing there with check out orders to be back in a month and only have a months worth of meds. I went so far as to have my husband call her and there were many available appointments. Men, you might do okay there but I would not send anyone I cared about to this office. You may see the kindly dr I did. But when one's life is at its lowest you can count on this office to IGNORE you as long as they get your money. Thank you for allowing me to post. read more