If you go to a pain clinic or pain management specialist, you will almost certainly be required to sign a treatment agreement in order to be treated.   Even if your family physician or other specialist is handling your pain management, if you are being prescribed controlled substances (e.g., hydrocodone, oxycodone, alprazolam, etc.) on a regular basis, you may be asked to sign a treatment agreement.

When you're asked to sign this agreement you may be so desperate for pain relief, you'd be...