[Justin]

Mark,

It sounds like it was an interesting seminar. When I stress the point about nociceptive and neuropathic pain, people look at me like I have two heads. There is a fundamental distinction here, and how a patient should be worked up and subsequently treated.

The evidence-based medicine quote was interesting. However, I have to say thank God that devices/drugs/etc undergo extensive testing that involves double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies. If we didn't employ rigorous testing in regard to studies, many more people would end up with life-threatening complications and we would have substantially more deaths. Well thought out studies that are tightly controlled is only a good thing for the patient community--it's a slippery slope when you start compromising your standards, especially with that that directly affects human life.

Thanks for the report!