Here's the issue here. Most doctors have become paranoid of the DEA and are undermedicating our population. Many doctors will not even write a script for valium in the first place and if they do, it's for 20 tablets, if you're lucky. Now this is if you even have health insurance, which many of us here do not. A single visit to the doctor starts at $65. Put that together with cost of medication and it is much cheaper to order from IOP's. I have medical insurance, but after doc copay and rx copay, meds from IOP's are less expensive.