So did i, and even if most of the services of the NHS are free at the point of access by patients, or customers as some call them, we still expect a level of quality and efficiency as we would do from any other business or service provider. And to sandbag and her other half, and the rest of the contributors to the site may i wish a happy and healthier New Year.

jamesrap, some people who have posted here are medically qualified, to speak about drug treatments, and others are sufferers of chronic pain, like i have been for over 20 years now and are more up to date on treatments than some GP's. What is being talked about are treatments, and the drugs discussed can only be obtained via prescription, and those folk who have added their opinions have undoubtedly done so with that very much in mind. Nobody is stupid here, we all know that the only person who should prescribe any drug for an individual is their physician, but it helps, especially in these days of post code lottery treatment and NICE to know what others have been offered for various illnesses, and what does or doesn't generally work. This is the kind of valuable resource most of us would have given our eye teeth for, back in the days when there was no internet and doctors were deemed the founts of all knowledge. Get a grip and be grateful that people care enough about each other to post in hopes of helping a fellow sufferer. For the record i suffer from Multiple Sclerosis, Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis, and use web discussion boards to help alleviate my own problems as well as to help others.