Pubdate: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 Source: Sun News (SC) Copyright: 2001 Sun Publishing Co. Contact: http://web.thesunnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/987 Author: Glen M Nowak BAD RAP Pain treatment center patients owed apology I feel that your paper owes an apology to a lot of people who have been going to [Comprehensive Care and Pain Management Center]. Not all patients use Oxycontin. I have been going to this pain management facility since 1995, at which time I was put on my medications (non-narcotic) by the pain management program at the Medical University of South Carolina. The Drug Enforcement Agency [is using] a seldom used law, whereas the doctors must have their prescription license number at the place where they prescribe medication. Your paper has given a false impression to all of our friends, neighbors, and medical facilities that anyone who had Comprehensive Care and Pain Management Center as their prescribing doctors, that we are drug addicts and this is not true. We are people who have been given a bad deal and have to live with constant pain. Glen M. Nowak Surfside Beach - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom