Family Physicians' state of the art x-ray unit uses cutting edge technology typically only found in hospitals to give our physicians the highest quality images possible.  Our x-ray unit was designed to lessen the wait time between images by eliminating the cartridge system that took exposure time to handle.  Everything is digital in our x-ray room.  The increased power output gives us the ability to see more detail in our images and also increases our weight limit for patients we can image at our facility. Our technicians have more than 20 years combined experience. 

Ultrasound or ultrasonography is a medical imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves and their echoes. The technique is similar to the echolocation used by bats, whales and dolphins, as well as SONAR used by submarines.  Here at Family Physicians of Spartanburg, we order ultrasounds for many different reasons.  Sometimes we need to get an image of the heart at work to see if there is disease keeping the heart from operating efficiently, or perhaps we need to see if there is something causing abdominal pain.  We have technicians with over 30 years of experience and the same physicians who read for the local hospitals also read our studies.

Family Physicians of Spartanburg is pleased to offer onsite stress testing.  The test is supervised by a healthcare provider and our technician has over 25 years of experience. 
An isotope stress test is also known as a nuclear, thallium, Cardiololite, Myoview or dual isotope stress test, depending upon the method used. During exercise, healthy coronary arteries dilate (develop a more open channel) more than an artery that has a blockage. This unequal dilation causes more blood to be delivered to heart muscle supplied by the normal artery. In contrast, narrowed arteries end up supplying reduced flow to its area of distribution. This reduced flow causes the involved muscle to "starve" during exercise. The "starvation" may produce symptoms (like chest discomfort or inappropriate shortness of breath), and EKG abnormalities. When a "perfusion tracer" (a nuclear isotope that travels to heart muscle with blood flow) is injected intravenously, it is extracted by the heart muscle in proportion to the flow of blood.
The amount of tracer uptake helps differentiate normal muscle (which receives more of the tracer) from the reduced uptake demonstrated by muscle that is supplied by a narrowed coronary artery. In other words, areas of the heart that have adequate blood flow quickly picks up the tracer material. In contrast, muscle with reduced blood flow pick up the tracer slowly or not at all. Analysis of the images of the heart (taken by a scanning camera) can help identify the location, severity and extent of reduced blood flow to the heart. The reduced blood flow is known as ischemia (pronounced is-keem-ya).

Family Physicians of Spartanburg is excited to offer basic prescription services at our location.  We can fill most drugs for you at the same pricing as your local drug store.  We file claims with insurance and process prescriptions for our patients at the time of their visit so that they can leave here with all of their medications and not make another stop or wait at the drug store.
We have many young families who comment that the ability to get their sick child's antibiotic and cough medicine without leaving the office saved them time and money.  Some of our elderly patients appreciate the ability to pick up their prescriptions