> Was that in the weeks or months after the accident? Or was it some time after that? > Pain after accidents is short term (acute) pain, and I'm only talking a

> Was that in the weeks or months after the accident? Or was it some time after that? > Pain after accidents is short term (acute) pain, and I'm only talking about long term (chronic) pain. It was a month after I was discharged (so two months after the accident). Probably given the sentiment here and on other media I could have shopped around for a different physician - but when you are recovering from an accident that really isn't an initial concern and one is inclined to trust medical decisions of professionals - my overall takeaway is that this anti-prescription drug-abuse wave that ran through the media/public and it's impact on healthcare had a distinctly negative effect at least on my personal treatment. Sure, it's anecdotal but I really would be curious to know what percentage of doctors are contributing to prescription drug abuse vs. the weight of the contribution; somehow I think it's more likely that a very small percentage account for the bulk of the abused prescriptions.