Dr. Jeffrey R Ihlendorf, MD

I have been going to this doctor for about two years now and have the utmost confidence in him. He takes time to listen to my complants, addresses each one carefully and asks about any other things I would like to address. He is quick to respond when I call and always is kind and makes me feel like the most important patient of the day. I value my doctor very much, and would and have suggested him to friends and family.

Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf seems like a very nice man. He waitied and listened to my healtcare needs. However I won't be going back to see him as I will explain. But in summary, Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf seems to be a very booksmart young new graduate type doctor who has not yet developed a functional level of clinical judgement to treat patients on an individual level rather than simply parroting the latest published guidlenes from a journal article. Here is my experience with Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf. I was new to the area and needed to establish a relationship with a MD as my primary care doctor. First let me say I am a clinical pharmacist that has been practicing in a clinical environment for nearly 10 years; often writing prescriptions under a doctors authority. Albeit, a pharmacist does not have prescribing rights in the state of Indiana, I know a little about what medications are, and how they can be prescribed in a proper and appropriate way. I use a combination of Flovent and… albuerol to control mild asthma. Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf decides that my Flovent should be the primary means for controlling my astham and decides to prescribe ONLY ONE albuterol inhaler for the ENTIRE year. No refills allowed! No additional quatity alloweed. At first I thought this was a mistake because as a pharmacist I spend alot of my working life clarifiying prescription quatities on prescriptions written by busy doctors when they don't match up with an appropriate rate of consumption. I called back to the office and asked for the new prescription with updated quantitiy be sent to my pharmacy. Dr Ihlendorf's nurse called back and said this was the quatity the Dr had written because he felt that using more than one inhaler of albuterol in the course of the year would indicate that the Flovent dose needs to be adjusted. I explained many many many various reasons why this was inappropriate as follows:1.) I often keep one inhaler at work and one at home2.) Occasionally one inhaler gets lost or left in my car where the heat causes it to spoil3.) Even with all the high costs of medications now-a-days, albuterol is a generic and is basically very inexpensive so this is in no way inflating the costs of my health care to my insurance provider.4.) In additon to being an allergic response to dust mite feces, my asthma is also excercice induced and, as a runner, I often use it almost daily when I have excersion based bronchoconstrition.5.) Albuterol in an inhaler form is actually a very mild way of consuming the product because this medication is produced in a much more concentrated nebulized form and used at doses that are ten fold higher for patients with severe bronchoconstriction for a multitude of conditions so simply consuming more than one inhaler a year would be inappropriate limitation for a patient that uses it regularly.6.) I use the albuterol prior to dosing with Flovent as a pre-treatment to facilitate better penetration of the corticosteroid Flovent 7.) I have been on this exact therapy and consumption since I was a teenager and many many doctors have continued to prescribe this without any problem8.) Albuterol is not some addictive habit-forming drug of abuse so this is not some attempt to support an addictive drug habit. The nurse states she will check with Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf and call me back with his response. The next day, the nurse called back and stated that Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf's conclusion was the I should simply be limited to ONLY ONE inhaler for the ENTIRE year and that no additioanal quatities would be prescribed. I subsequently made the drive to my old town to see my old prescriber for a yearly exam and to have my scripts renewed for the year. I had to pay two insurance co-payments but got back on track with a medically appropriate therapy. Won't be going back to him again.

Dr Jeffrey Ihlendorf seems like a very nice man. He waited and listened to my healthcare needs. However I won't be going back to see him as I wi ...

Like the title says, the waiting time is extra long specially if you go the IU West office. They make you wait in the waiting area for a long time and then they put you in a roon where in you wait more plus if you have immunizations or anything, it take like 30 minutes for someone to come back. It's ok with me to wait if the Dr. was really impressive but we received mediocre service during our appointments with him which was not worth all the waiting time. There are lots of Doctors out there. Make sure to read the reviews before you make an appointment!