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Family Practice physician, implementing the "patient-centered medical home" concept in order to provide comprehensive medical management for patients of all ages and all medical challenges.
Involved in broad-based clinical research on a daily basis.
Double Board Certified: Family Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Family Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Medical research
Palliative Care
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United States: Texas
Doctor Q&A
718 Answers
852 Agrees
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
None.: If you simply eat a reasonable diet consisting of fruits, nuts, green vegetables, and lean meat you should not need any extra vitamins or supplements ... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Normal: Just lots of testosterone, and subsequent frequent and easy arousal.
See your doctor if erections typically last longer than an hour.
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A member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
No: Irregular periods are simply a function of hormone imbalance, which is very common. See your Dr again to discuss methods of cycle regulation.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
No: Irregular menses may not signal any significant problems. Report this to your Gyn, and follow up to get proper management.
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A member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Maybe. : She may have a uterine infection, or it may be something totally unrelated. She needs to see a doctor as soon as possible. Don't delay.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Not recommended: if you eat anything close to healthy diet, you won't need any vitamins or supplements. They have been shown generally to be counterproductive or non-b... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Possibly: The stress of PTSD and other such disorders may cause hyper acidity and changes in eating habits, which can lead to heartburn and reflux. See your doc... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Controlled drug: You need to discuss this in detail with your managing doctor, as there are many different options, and all dosing needs to beg loosely monitored.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Xanax (alprazolam): Valium has limited usage at this time, due to its extended presence in the body (over 24 hrs). Shorter acting meds like xanax (alprazolam) are much s... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Don't do that. : There is absolutely no medical justification for protein-loading before surgery, and a possible danger exists with a negative effect on kidney functio... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Reflux : or acid-peptic syndrome. Hyper acidity and GERD are a bit more common in IBS patients, but it requires separate treatmen... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Usually not: You're calling this advanced, and the objective of treatment is eradication. So the regimen may require surgery, radiation, and/or chemo. What your do... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Unlikely: You may have side effects from the medication, or an unrelated illness, but it's very unlike that you would ovulate if properly dosed with depo-prover... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Abnormalities: Hemorrhoids, fissures, tears, polyps, and tumors can be detected in that localized area by anoscopy.
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See your doctor: No one with asthma suffocates in their sleep. If you have been shown to have airway constriction only with exercise, and only when allergens or temper... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Yes: That's one common cause of peripheral edema, as well as varicosities that may lead to thrombosis (blood clot).
Radio frequency ablation is a potential... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Possibly. : You should see your PCP and get evaluated, including an EKG and possibly a heart monitor. In the meantime, discontinue caffeine, decongestants, and an... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See a urologist. : There may be some underlying reasons for this, and it deserves a proper evaluation.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Yes: We begin thinking about pre-diabetes when the level reaches 5.8 - 6.0.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Not recommended : The cardiovascular risks outweigh any benefit of these medications.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
MGUS: This type of protein disorder is difficult to characterize at first, but the good news is that it's not showing the definitive signs of multiple myelo... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
No: It would need to be associated with the mixing of body fluids, such as a bite. No worries.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Not likely.: See a cardiologist for evaluation -- even subtle EKG changes may indicate underlying problems.
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Possibly: If this worsens or recurs following fatty meals, it's likely GB disease, but this needs to be thoroughly evaluated by your doctor.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Why would you?: Depending on which formulation you use, this substance is mildly or significantly dangerous.
Diabetes already presents a bunch of problems and risks f... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See your doctor : Will need a complete evaluation and possibly a rheumatology consult in order to sort this out.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Don't do that. : See your doctor if antifungals have not controlled your symptoms.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Unsolved problems: Alzheimer's and other degenerative and traumatic neurological conditions, organ failure and replacement, degenerative joint diseases, antiviral and an... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See your doctor: You may have hyperthyroidism, anemia, or several other causes for these symptoms.
Get a complete evaluation, including specialty consult if necessar... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Maybe: Your doctor will discuss your particular case and explain all options and risk factors.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Lymph node: If so, that's potentially serious - see your doctor asap.
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A female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
About everyone: Healthcare is no longer a privilege, but a right. But many citizens can't or won't pay for it, thereby increasing the costs for everyone else. Medicar... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Yes.: The burning in the upper mid-abdomen is classic for that, and reflux into the esophagus can be severe enough to cause esophageal spasm, which will cau... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Probably: You've obviously had at least a pelvis sono, and the attending physician will be able to stratify the risks of treating this lesion, rather than doing... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Salt restriction: Just don't use as much sodium. It's in every product that's preprepared, like canned soups and meats. Anything in a box, bottle, can, or jar, and fro... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Had a pelvic exam?: You must have, in order to know about the cervical findings. If the pap & cultures were negative, then you may have a hormonal problem. See a gynecolo... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Fluids, rest: You probably have a virus, and antibiotics won't help. So congestion medication (like tylenol (acetaminophen) sinus) will help, but get plenty of re... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Several.: You should have a good relationship with your prescribing physician, so that any potential problems can be readily addressed. This is a strictly contr... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Rest: And heat, non-steroidal anti-inflamatories, or tylenol (acetaminophen).
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A 60-year-old member asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Laryngospasm: As the sneeze mechanism begins, the contractions may extend to the laryngo-tracheal tissues, stimulating cough. Try antihistamines to control this, ... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See your doctor: Could be several things, and your experienced physician should be able to make the diagnosis.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Not likely: Right lower quadrant abd pain will be something besides gb. Most likely the source is musculo-skeletal, but could be bowel. If bloating, the irritatio... Read More
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A member asked:
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Unlikely : That these are connected. While there are some major neurological disorders that are possible, random paresthesias are often insignificant. See your d... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
6 years?: Surely you've had this evaluated by now, so i presume the diagnosis has eluded everyone. The most common cause of this scenario is silent gerd, but th... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Hard to say: This has not been adequately studied to assess false positives and negatives.
For any question about the surety of pregnancy, get the serum b-hcg (b... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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None: A large multi-center double-blind clinical study performed by the nih recently competed, and showed that outcomes on vascular disease were not improve... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
See your doctor!: These are not common or trivial symptoms, and could be related to many different sources. If your doctor can't see you, go to an urgent care center.
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A 57-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
See the doctor: He needs a complete evaluation. He may have something fairly simple like a low-grade infection, or something more complex. It could be as serious as c... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Darrell Herringtonanswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
No chance.: The digestive tract, fortunately, does not connect at all with the reproductive tract.
Hypothetically, a female could perform fallatio, kiss her pa... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Probably not: The body's system that regulates many such automatic responses works on a feedback mechanism, so equilibrium of these functions is achieved after in... Read More
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Jun 30, 2014
I recommend Dr. Herrington. Thorough and knowledgeable.
May 22, 2013
Very accurate and timely answers.
Jan 16, 2013
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Dr, what would be the further evaluation? She has taken all the possible tests. Why pcr has come as detected? Left ovary is removed in 2009
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No, I do not do a research project, but I'm rather trying to help myself for the MDs I visited so far could or would not. Thank you for your efforts.
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Thanks, he has been checked and tested-ultrasounds X-rays cardio etc. we're waiting for results, it's a long weekend lol. Thanks so much
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Graduated 1987MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, TX
Graduated 1987MD
Residency
Dallas/ Fort Worth Medical Center
Residency
DFW Medical Center, Grand Prairie, Tx
Awards
Top Doctor, First Place, San Angelo, TX - Winter
2013
Most Influential, First Place, San Angelo, TX - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, First Place, San Angelo, TX - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Principle Investigator for Benchmark Research
American Osteopathic Association
District VP - Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
Publications
Efficacy and Safety of Oral Pleconaril for Treatment of Colds Due to Picornaviruses in Adults: Results of 2 Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controll...
Pain and Work Productivity in LBP Patients Taking HC/APAP CR
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