The Doctor Patient Relationship is one of the most important relationships in your life.....

The doctor patient relationship is one of the most important relationships in your life. Your life literally depends on the doctor you choose. Medical errors by physicians is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US

The doctor patient relationship depends on trust. Your doctor needs to trust the things you tell them about your medical problems are the truth. You need to trust that your doctor tells you the truth about your medical problems. This is especially important in the doctor patient relationship as apposed to other relationships in life.

If a banker stock broker or even your wife lie to you it can cost you money and break your heart, but a broken heart will heal in time. If your doctor lies to you about your condition or medications, it can end your life.

You need to not only trust your doctor has the medical knowledge and experience to care for your medical needs, but will always tell you the truth and make decisions in your best interest. All medications prescribed should be judged by the same standard. 

Any medication, procedure, or surgery must be medically The physician also needs to explain the risk vs the benefits to the patient, NOT the risk vs the benefits to the physician.

Recently many pain management physicians are telling patients about a nonexistent DEA mandate to lower pain medication doses.

The problem is they have no medical justification for lowering the dose. They tell patients they received a letter from DEA mandating lowering opioid doses, or that DEA came by the office and told them to lower doses. 

This is a flat out lie, DEA investigations in Washington tells me that DEA does NOT tell physicians what or haw to prescribe medications, and would NEVER stop by a physicians office and tell them what to prescribe.