I now exactly where you are coming from..In 97 I had excruciating back pain,went to the doctor at least 4-5 times.Each doctor I went to ran no tests to determine the cause of my pain(at that time I was not working and had no insurance)so they blamed my Panic Disorder as the reason I was hurting.I was prescribed Muscle Relaxers,pain pills of all sorts and Steroids with no relief.Finally I went to a State close to me to get PROPER care and was diagnosed with Vertebral Osteomylitis Septic Discitis.To narrow that down,it was a Staph infection that could of Paralyzed me,caused extensive Heart and Heart Valve probs OR I could of died.While in hosp,I had a Subclavian Groshong Cath placed so I could take Antibiotics at home after a 3 week hosp stay.On top of everything I went through the Groshong became infected..They told me this could happen..Anyway when it became infected I ran a high fever of 105-106 and chilled so severly I convulsed.I went to the doctor(foreign)and he consulted with the Infectious Disease doctor,of all silly things after calling the doctor he gave me samples of Claritin!!Can you believe this??That is for Allergies!!I went to the Surgeon that placed the Cath and within a few days he removed it,prescribed me Cipro and I was on the road to recovery..