Absolutely the worst doctor I have ever encountered in my life!
I have an unusual and uncommon issue affecting my left ear that I have been affected by on and off since 2015. The original doctor that I was referred to could not see me and instead it was Dr. Rodgers in the same office (Dallas Ear Institute) that I had the appointment with.
In order to save him time, I wrote a detailed one page overview that covered everything since 2015. He came into the office and asked me what my issue was. I handed him the paper so that he could read it. He glanced at it for no more than 10 seconds, put it aside and once again asked me what the issue was. I told him that if he took three minutes to read my comprehensive review, he would fully understand the issue. He got up in a huff and stormed out the door telling me: "I shall go out and read it and come back". He came back five minutes later and by his comments, it was clear that he finally read it. He expressed his opinion and suggested that I take a prescription that should help with the issues. I told him that I would do so, and in turn he told me that he will write a prescription and someone will bring it to me in a few minutes. He left, and a nice lady came in and told me that the prescription was being sent to Walgreens and they will contact me and ship it to me. I asked why I could not just pick it up at my neighborhood Walgreens? She said that it is a medication that has to be compounded in downtown Dallas and would save me a long trip to pick it up (I live in Aubrey). I said fine, thank you, and went home. I looked up the medication on line and to my shock found out that this medication, Betahistine, was revoked by the FDA in 1975 because of insufficient evidence of any beneficial efficacy result and it is not authorized to be sold in the U.S. I find it shocking that Dr. Rodgers would prescribe this medication that had to be compounded to get around the FDA ruling, without informing me that this medication was not authorized for use in the U.S. - so that I could make my own decision one way or another. Needless to say, I never picked up the medication. read more