I took my autistic daughter in to see Dr. Singer last year for severe acne. My daughter was prescribed and anti-biotic, Duac, and Retin A.
My daughter after being on the medicne a few days practically refused to take her anti-biotic. Because she is autistic she cannot swallow pills, so the anti-biotic was crushed up and given to her in pudding. My daughter began throwing up about a week after being on the anti-biotic.
I called Dr. Singer's office and made a second appointment to bring her in, and told Dr. Singer that she was throwing up and it was almost impossible to give her the medication. She practically ignored what I told her and told me to keep giving her the medication.
After much cajoling she would take her medicine everyday, and would throw up shortly aftwards.
I called Dr. Singer's office, and politely told her nurse what was happening and that I really believed that the anti-biotic was causing her problems.
The nurse became very defensive, and kept repeating in a hateful tone "I just don't understand". I don't know what there was to not understand. I don't know why a nurse and not the doctor was making this decision. The drug was making her sick. Finally the nurse, not the doctor decided to put her on a weaker form of the anti-biotic, my daughter continued to throw up, becoming very sick aftward.
I called once again, and I was heartbroken, because my daughter has severe acne, extremely severe, and I was in a dilemna. I knew the medicine was making her sick, and yet if I didn't give it to her, she would remain horribly disfigured. I made an appointment to see Dr. Singer herself.
Dr. Singer was very snobbish towards me, as other times. She prescribed a newer anti-biotic of the same class, and gave me a ton of samples - no record of prescription. She implied that she really hoped that Valarie could continue the program, but said it in such a way as she looked back at me, to insinuate that if my daughter continued to be a problem patient, she could no longer come to her office.
I gave my daughter this newer anti-biotic, and she kept throwing up. Half her face then became paralyzed. She was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with Bel Palsy. She continued to see the new neurologist, and the nurse from his office called and said that the new anti-biotic could cause Bel Palsy, and that she was appalled that Dr. Singer didn't tell me so.
At the hospital we took her off the anti-biotic and no longer give it to her at all. Her face has returned to normal. Her face will probably never heal, but I have no other solution at the present time. My daughter is now officially a problem patient, and I and her have been blacklisted.
My observations are that Dr. Singer felt threatened for some strange reason, that a patient would dare in a polite way, tell her that a prescription was causing extreme ill side effects. I have no idea why. I know that my daughter could have died because she refused to listen to a patient.
Texas is one of the few states where it is almost impossible to sue a medical practicioner. It is the state where Dr. Jones, a radiologist from Mesquite, started the very first blacklist webside doctorsknow.Us.
It is the first state to where patients were denied healthcare priviledges for sueing a doctor. Doctors in this state are joining "anti-sue" clubs by the thousands, and if you are blacklisted in their club, you no longer get decent healthcare.
God help us all. If you are not rich, affluent, and have great insurance, you will not receive healthcare in this state.
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