In October 2023, I met a woman dealing with the same menopausal and thyroid issues I face. She recommended TeraFe, saying they’d helped her a lot. I made an appointment, and after an initial meeting with a nurse focused on weight loss medications, I met Dr. Gregory Allen. His pitch was convincing, and though I had reservations, I was desperate for help and barely able to get out of bed. I ended up enrolling in their $100/month membership for a year.
Dr. Allen has a persuasive, almost salesy approach, and they persuaded me to buy supplements from their office, leaving me $500 lighter just for vitamins. Later, I discovered these supplements were available online for a quarter of the price, meaning they mark them up four times in-office.
When it came time to review my bloodwork, I was assigned Nurse Lari, who often called me from her car, on speakerphone, without even having my chart in front of her. This made it impossible for her to review my case accurately. After months of mishandled prescriptions and poor communication, I requested that only Dr. Allen contact me for follow-ups. Still, issues persisted: prescriptions were called in incorrectly, sent to the wrong locations, and my records even had the wrong spelling of my name and incorrect birthdate, causing constant issues at the pharmacy.
Recently, a pharmacy employee informed me that Dr. Allen frequently calls in prescriptions inaccurately, leading to unnecessary expenses. He had told me that a 400 mg progesterone pill wasn’t available, which I found out was false. When I spoke with Dr. Allen a few weeks ago, explaining that his treatment plan wasn’t helping, he instructed me to stop my medication entirely—a recommendation I found alarming, as I rely on it to function.
After paying thousands of dollars, my thyroid is still not functioning properly, and I’ve gained 50 pounds. I went to TeraFe to stabilize my hormones and improve thyroid function, but instead, I feel worse than when I started and have lost both money, time and energy.
I deeply regret ever setting foot in TeraFe. Their treatment has caused me unnecessary suffering, and I am extremely disappointed in both the doctor and their approach. I urge others to avoid this office and seek care elsewhere.
He would make inappropriate jokes about raising my testosterone levels from 0 to 1400—a level that’s clearly not normal—and would ask personal questions about my sex life, even suggesting my husband must be thrilled.
Despite claiming to take a natural approach, I ended up on an overwhelming amount of synthetic medications—it’s incredibly disheartening.