Alot of doctors say that because they are chumps and afraid that a refill on a scheduled med will draw attention to them. Once again, another case of where the government has a doctor so scared of losing his license that he can't even do the right thing for the patient and undermedicates them. Stories like this Best if kept off the board me off to no end and are quite common nowadays. If you call his bluff on it, I can promise you he will give you more piles of BS as to why he can't do it. At that point I would ask him if he know what the "Hypocratic Oath" is? I wonder how he would respond to that one? The ask him if his malpractice insurance is paid up? Of course, don't bother saying any of this if you have a questionable medical problem (not that you don't have a valid problem, this is just a general statement to all who feel they've been undermedicated and poorly treated by a doctor)