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    Luis J. Torruellas, MD

    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Pravan Health - Medical Evaluation Room

    Pravan Health

    3.5(8 reviews)
    72.3 km

    Vacationing in San Juan and we had a concern about our daughter. Things are a little different here…read morein the island and I couldn't find just a regular urgent care but found Pravan Health. We came and the nurse who attended let us know it was membership only but gave some quick tips to help our daughter. She was absolutely the sweetest and caring. Thank you

    I have found the docs at Pravan to be seriously incompetent. I have had some serious health…read moreproblems stretching into late last year that I visited Pravan for help with. Fatigue, extreme body pains, lethargy, ennui, malaise, anxiety, forgetfulness, facial ticks, I could go on with the symptoms. At the time, I asked them point-blank, different doctors, on different occasions if this could be due to mold toxicity. Pravan told me: - It was long COVID and nothing they could do. - Make sure I am hydrating myself and taking multivitamins (wow, great advice). - That this was due to pigeons defecating on my AC compressor outside the building (which, due to the physics of how AC works, air does not flow back from the compressor outside the building into the AC unit within the building, this is literally physically impossible and one of the dumbest things I have ever heard). - That toxic mold does not exist in Puerto Rico. And, of course, after months and months of extreme suffering, issues with my business, issues with my relationships all stemming from this, low and behold, I find a doc who confirms this is due to the presence of Aspergillus and the resulting mycotoxins within my apartment, as confirmed by tests on both myself and EMRIs on my apartment. Stay the heck away from Pravan.

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    Eduardo Ibarra, MD

    5.0(2 reviews)
    37.0 km

    This is a pain management clinic. The wait may be a little long, but here's my story: I've had 2…read morelaminectomies for lumbar spinal stenosis and herniated discs, since I have degenerative disc disease. I've had this since I was 16 years old. After the surgeries, every year and a half or so I get a pain crisis that sometimes responds to anti-inflammatory injections, but sometimes not. Regular nerve blocks somehow don't work for me too well. This doctor is my hope. The Radiofrequency Ablation procedure for pain blocking is uncomfortable, but IT WORKS. He first injects all levels that need to be worked on with a local anesthetic (Lidocaine). Then he inserts one needle for each disk level (not on the very disk, but close to the affected nerves) and he then connects those needles to a radiofrequency waves machine, that will help block the pain signals, which is basically what meds do, minus the damage to your organs, and it's more effective and has more long lasting effects. I've had this done only with this doctor about 3 to 4 times and the results last for over a year -- meaning a year or more with no pills or anything. The trip there is a little funky, since the clinic is in the heart of Aibonito (lots of winding roads to get there) and you need a designated driver after the procedure, which normally means you have to block the entire day just for that, but as I mentioned, it really works. The doc performs other procedures for spinal cord stimulation through devices that he surgically inserts in the body, but I've only had the radiofrequency nerve ablation. By the way, the doctor is an anesthesiologist and also a surgeon. ----- La espera podrá ser un poco larga, pero he aquí mi historia: desde los 16 años sufro de estenosis lumbar espinal y discos degenerativos, y he sido operada de discos herniados 2 veces (laminectomías). Cada año y medio o 2 años tengo mi crisis de dolor, que en ocasiones se resuelve con inyecciones para desinflamar y para dolor, pero a veces requiere más. Por algún motivo, los bloqueos espinales regulares (inyección en el disco) no tienden a funcionar en mi caso muy bien. El bloqueo por radiofrecuencia es lo único que me lo quita, y tiene la ventaja de que me puede durar 2 años -- entiéndase, 2 años sin necesidad de pastillas ni medicamentos que obviamente tienen efectos secundarios. El procedimiento es incómodo, a decir verdad, PERO FUNCIONA. Sólo me lo he hecho con este doctor en particular, más o menos unas 3 a 4 veces. La ruta es poco práctica, dado que siendo en Aibonito, hay que pasar por un camino bastante largo y lleno de curvas, pero vale la pena. El doctor ofrece otros tratamientos, implantando aparatos estimuladores del cordón espinal y que disminuyen el dolor, pero yo personalmente sólo me he hecho el bloqueo por radiofrecuencia, que es hecho con agujas insertadas cerca del disco y del nervio afectado, que a su vez son conectadas a una máquina de radiofrecuencia. Hace varios años que vivo fuera de la Isla, y todas la veces que he tenido problemas que no puedo resolver con medicamentos prefiero pagar el pasaje e ir a donde este doctor. Por cierto, este médico es un anestesiólogo y también cirujano.

    Luis J. Torruellas, MD - surgeons - Updated May 2026

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