a lot of medicine--especially psychiatry and pain management--moves more on the basis of dogma, ideology, even trends...than they do on science and such. if you'll notice, the shrinks, in particular, are a trendy bunch. Klonopin was once the last ditch benzo for anxiety. now its #1, because its "less addictive." pain management isn't much better, from what I hear...

and its just plain ridiculous. for every 1 Dr. Feel Good you probably have 10 Dr."Don't Even ask for more!" giving sub-standard treatment. ugh.