agree with you 100% mrsD

Emily...I empathize with you

the medical system we have today treats physicians as drug dealers and state "gestapo" reports (aka state pmps, ie., state prescription monitoring programs) treat all patients as crooks 1st

physicians are scared to death to treat pain adequately "as the textbook states"...i.e., titrate to effect because their practices will be flagged by state medical boards, state pharmacy boards as well as the DEA by how many controlled substances they prescribe not to mention high dosages and quantities prescribed IF they vary from the "norm" of other physicians

so the legitimate chronic pain patient suffers and will continue to do so

buchu legitimate physicians have lost the licenses, have had their assets seized by the feds, and many are rotting in prison because all they did was treat pain according to "what the textbook stated" which is the LEGAL standard but prosecutors and medical board members mistakenly use the "norm" standard to prosecute and persecute

bottom line, physicians who prescribe controlled substances for chronic pain patients are in a continuous catch 22 situ