Have you guys noticed that recently there have been lots of attention to the "Pain topic"? Newsweek had a big article as well as Redbook, which I posted about earlier this month. They are not too complimentary about narcotics at all. The Redbook article really ticked me off, but the newsweek article offered a little more impartiality. At least it talked about how physicians need more education in treating chronic pain, and they didn't have any Oxycontin addict stories. Maybe its time America woke up to the chronic pain problem and stopped supporting the DEA so much. If people really knew how hard it was to receive decent meds on a daily basis, they might take up our cause. Most people only get narcotics when they get injured or something, they don't need to take them everyday. They don't realize that there are 30 million people in the US who do need them to live normal lives, just as a diabetic needs his insulin. I hope everyone, including the media and the government will wake up.

Sarah