The problem is that most dr's (especially in large cities) have people try to scam them out of pain meds, so they're skeptical of people with legitamate medical problems and it's next to impossible to get narcotic medication (especially long term) that's not Darvocet or Tylenol 3's. I know I finally gave up on local Dr's. It's understandable in some ways, but it also makes me very angry. It seems like they're more focused on preventing addiction than treating pain, which is not what they're there for! So you give a few drug seekers some Hydrocodone - big 'better kept off the board' deal! You're going to let all these people suffer just because of a few drug seekers?!?! It almost seems like it has more to do with their ego's than anything else. Like it's a personal insult to them when someone scams them out of a script, so they retaliate by not giving pain meds to anyone.