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Dr Ali Al-Memar 2018-11-25 Person 1 5 0

I went to see Dr. Al-memar after having a reaction to the drug metaclopramide, which was prescribed to me by an NHS doctor. Immediately after taking the drug, I developed terrible muscle spasms, internal tremors, muscle pain, and restlessness that didn't go away even after stopping them. I decided to go to a private neurologist after being told I would have to wait 3 months under the NHS to even find out what was wrong. The physical torture was unbearable and I was terrified that waiting this long might lessen my chances of recovery if any treatments were available. When I came to his office and told him what happened, he immediately asserted that there was no way the drug could have caused this, despite the fact that it is a well-known, medically documented fact that metaclopramide causes movement related disorders. (It even said so in the references used by the emergency room staff I saw when I first had the symptoms; they also said they were "common", especially in women.) He then attempted to convince me that I needed to go on a wild goose chase of tests to rule out the possibility of other causes, which were "much more likely" (including the possiblity that I had somehow developed parkinsons at the exact same time that I took metaclopramide (though not because of the drug)--despite being completely normal before.) When I tried to explain that I knew it was the drug because I had no symptoms before and I had researched and found other stories exactly like mine, he continued fighting me, saying it was impossible, until finally, when I wouldn't relent, he "compromised" saying "he doubted it was the drug, but he would "keep an 'open mind'". I eventually got diagnosed by another neurologist in the United States (I am American). He confirmed that I had tardive dyskinesia and akathesia caused by metaclopramide. Either Dr. Al-memar is completely ignorant in his profession or he was well aware and decided to gaslight me to protect the doctor who prescribed me. Either way, would not recommend him to anyone. Got a bill of 300 pounds just to have my experience minimized and be convinced I was crazy for refusing to be fed information that didn't make sense. I complained about the experience and he wrote back saying he "disagreed" he did any of this, but I think the facts speak for themselves.