DrugBuyers.Com: being discharged from doctors care

Well, this person dosen't nearly take as many narcotics as I do. He has a chronic pain problem, but hasn't been properly diagnosed. I think he has fibro, but his doctor absolutly refuses to consider that. I have told Don (my friend) to find a new doc, but he has been seeing this guy for about six years. For two of those years he has been having intermittent pain in his back and legs, bad enough to miss work. He is not a "complainer" either. He is pretty tough, but this pain is debilitating for him. The doctor prescribed narcotics for awhile, then tried all of the other non-narcotic meds like Vioxx, NSAIDS, antidepressants. Like most of us, the narcotic meds worked the best, but he knew his doc wouldn't agree. He should have got a second opinion the minute that doc couldn't or wouldn't find a cause of his pain. But he trusted him. Last week he went to see this doc on an emergency basis bacause the pain was so severe. He started crying to the doctor and I think he had an anxiety attack. I have never seen him cry before, so I know he was hurting bad. He also had not received narcotics for about four months, he didn't need them. I don't think he specifically asked for them on this visit either, but the doc assumed he wanted them. The doctor just told him he was hysterical, making a fool of himself and that he was not going to give him any drugs. He said there was no reason for him to be having pain and told him the pain was in his head. My friend just walked out, humiliated and went to the ER that night, where he was taken care of. He also got a referral to a rheumatologist. The next day a certified letter arrived stating he was being discharged. I don't think he was simply an addict. I think he had an uncaring doctor who was too lazy to look into his pain problem. I also think that many of us have gone through similar situations, I know I have. I just wanted to get some feedback on this incident.