I am intrigued at the focus on pain relief, interpreting use of medications as abuse, interpreting looking for a doctor who will prescribe adequately and appropriately as 'shopping' - but I don't understand this war on pain, the benefit to those looking to cut health care costs to have a hurting, and thus maybe angry, constituency. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-04/elderly-drug-abusers-may-cost-medicare-150-million-a-year-senators-say.html " ... 17% of adults with chronic pain who have tried to reach their primary pain care providers with questions face difficulties doing so." http://www.therapeuticsdaily.com/news/article.cfm?contentValue=804300&contentType=newsarchive&channelID=26 What's underneath this battle? Sylvia "People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions"
