Horrible experience with a doctor and her office. DO NOT GO TO THIS DOCTOR!!!\r
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Had an appointment for my son due to the recurrence of an in-grown toe nail. Doc looked at his toe and determined that he needed to have it removed. This would require another appointment because of the medication he would have to take prior to coming into the office. She prescribed two pills for him to take, one taken 2 hours before the procedure and the second only to be taken an hour before the appointment if he wasn't feeling groggy and out of it. The appointment set was for 3:45 pm on a school day. So my ex called the school and spoke with the nurse about giving him the pill at 1:45pm. Nurse said she need a note from the doctor with those instructions. Fine. \r
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She called the doctors office and said said to the girl who answered the phone that she needed a note for the school nurse so that our son could take the lorazepam. The girl said that medicine would not be strong enough and that the doctor prescribed Ativan. My ex explained that lorazepan is the generic equivalent to the Ativan and that this is what she picked up at the pharmacy. The doctor's office called in the prescription to the CVS pharmacy. All we did was pick it up. So whatever they called in, is what we got. Obviously they never specified 'name brand only'. That is on them. The girl on the phone said she would have the doctor call her back in which she did. \r
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Dr Nguyen called her and immediately said, ""I explained this to your husband 2-3 times. We're not going to go through this again. I'm going to refer you to Advanced Foot Care. I'm afraid your son will be traumatized and they can knock him out for 30 minutes"" \r
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What? What just happened? Yes. My ex called for a school note. Now we're being told to start the process all over again and go see another doctor because she doesn't want to go through something again. Back in the exam room when Dr. Nguyen was explaining how to take the medicine, she told me once. I think I may have repeated back what she was saying so that I would be clear but that was once. She and her nurse both have accents that aren't the easiest to understand so repeating it back is necessary. \r
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We called Advanced Foot Care and they were dumbfounded by what we told them. They said that Dr. Nguyen is a foot doctor just like they are. They said that they don't knock people completely out for this procedure. They do exactly as Dr. Nguyen originally said. So we're going to Advanced Foot Care and we are giving our son the same prescribed medicine as Dr. Nguyen prescribed, the lorazepam. \r
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So with that. Don't go to this quack of a doctor. Go to Advanced Foot Care. I just wasted an afternoon of work and 40 bucks all for nothing. THANKS DR. NGUYEN!!!\r
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