If you have chronic pain from fibromyalgia (FMS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS), or any other cause, you’ve probably been frustrated at some point with the quality of pain treatment you’ve gotten from a doctor.
There’s a good reason for that. Even though pain is the most common complaint doctors hear, most doctors aren’t terribly well equipped to assess and treat it. Why is that? During all those years of medical school, the American Pain Foundation says medical schools spend about one hour teaching young physicians to understand and treat pain. One hour, on a topic that can derail your life.
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2008/11/02/the-sad-state-of-pain-management.htm