...that going to another pain management place might do it. There has to be a mechanism in place for it, 'cause even the AMA know there are quacks out there. Also, I know a friend of mine who had signed such a contract and she went to a new doc after her old doc told her she wasn't going to do anything for her and would block any attempt to. The goofy doc told her she would not send her medical records to any other doc, that she basically was stuck. The new doc informed my friend that the goofy doc was a liar.