Why are PK's so difficult to find on IOP's and DNM's?

[Spanky]

Boy Cricket I couldn't agree more with you.  You hit it on the nose ?
OR

Thanks OR. It's not fair to those of us that play (or try to) by the rules. I believe that if you have legit, documented medical need, it's not fair to punish everyone for the mistakes of a few.
What ya gonna do? We're slaves to their STUPID policies.

Cricket

Hi Crick and OR,
Wish there was a stupid policy.  It's just a loose and shifting snare of Protestant ethics--and I mean that in the broadest sense as in "no pain, no gain"--self-serving politics, and the sheepish bleating of the medical practitioners.  I sometimes remind folks of the case a few years ago of a half-promising cancer treatment aimed at generally agreed terminal cancer patients.  This was only a few years ago and made the news because the terminal filed suit to try the still-not FDA approved drug.  And they were denied. 

What I enjoy is the "pain level" question usually given in the pre exam by the Doc.
"If you were to rate your pain level now between one and ten, one being the lowest and 10 really hurting, where would you place it?"
"Relative to what?"
"What?"
"Exactly"
A compound fracture?  An impacted molar?  Poke in the eye with sharp stick?  Bad headache?
"Oh, and whatever it is now it was about twice as much about 3am this morning."

Gotta watch those numbers anyway.   Constant 8-10 is thrown out as drug seeking or the dreaded "tolerance" OR mentions.  Too low and take two aspirin.  So, yeah Bug, I wish it were a stupid policy.  maybe it could be worked on.

Spankster