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From: Allen.Marker@p0.f14.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Allen Marker)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Pain: Alternative controls
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Date: 15 Mar 91 22:04:04 GMT
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[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet]

Sharon it seems i have found you on yet another echo. I read the
information you sent about chronic pain and while i do not agree with
alot of what was written i feel that alot of doctors fail thier patients
by not percribing(sp) certain medication that are known by the patient
to work for them only because of the fear of possable addiction. There
have been many studies done to show that a person who is under alot of
pain constantly does not become addicted to the drug rather they become
addicted to the idea of not having to deal with the pain. This cause the
loss of willpower if you will to want to try different methods to
control the pain and its control over the person. While i agree that
people who are in pain constantly are in some what of a higher risk
group then the average person, the medicine they take is not for
recreation or enjoyment. Simply a way that they can contiune to be part
of a working socicety and be able to funtion as a contributing member of
such. I am speaking mostly on my own experiance(sp) as you well know and
do not have they acutal facts in front of me but this seems to be the
general concenus of all the instructors i have ever know or delt with.
Nice to hear from you again. Please feel free to contact me at my
fidonet address.
                Yours for the art of Karate
                    Allen Marker

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