Well, you won't get that response from me. I too reside in MS. To say the least I have been through alot also in the past few months, and the doctors in MS are very unsympathetic. I for one have had some very bad experiences with the doctors here. I had a doctor at a local hospital here tell me to my face "that they didn't prescribe narcotics or benzos at that facility, you know because of all the abusers out there" I personally felt that he directed that comment towards me and I took offense to it very much. I tell you this much, let it had been him in the ER for the same reason that I was and the outcome would have been different.

I do know that alot of doctors in MS are scared of lawsuits(my wife works for Mr. one call, if you live in MS you know who I mean) but just because a doctor is scared of a lawsuit is no reason for under treatment of a chronic pain patient. IMHO under treatment is abuse as well.