Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Same here.

The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it. Side effects was my main issue with a written medication list too.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

Same here.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Same here.