I myself have had 3 failed back surgeries all at the same location, when my comp case was over, I did start going to the Dr that had been going to for years since 18 (now 39) and they would prescribe pain med for me when I needed it, and were sympathetic, well then they shut down, the Dr retired and all records were sent to another walk in type Dr office, and when I went there due to severe back pain, all I got from the Dr was that he felt I was addicted to pain meds even though I only went to the other office that shut down about every 3 months and got a script of 30 hydro tablets, so anyway this new place and doc said he would prescribe pain meds for me because it was obvious to him that I supposedly had a problem. I said to this idiot if I had a problem don't you think I would have been to the doctor every week to get a script for 30 tablets every week instead of making 30 pain pills last for 3 months or more and he just did not want to here it, I also said I have no withdrawal, and that taking 30 pain pills over the course of 3 months was like taking 1 pain pill per week, now how does that make me a pill addict, needless to say I could not get the care I needed and was left to go home in pain after paying $110.00 for this visit. This is the reason I moved into the OP culture I use an Op that has all my records and has very long phone telephone visits with me and wants to know how I am doing and if the meds are working and I do not refill every 30 days only as I need to. But the point I am trying to make is that for some reason the doctors today that we go to see for help when we are in pain just do not want to help us, they see us as just a bunch pill poppers, and they do under treat our pain. I have seen many articles about under treated pain, and it causes a lot of other problems with us, depression etc... and real moodiness toward our loved ones because we are in pain and just cannot fuction and then our families just hate us due to that, and we hate ourselves because we cannot live a normal life and do the things that people who do not suffer do, such as raising our kids or even playing with them. not to mention just trying to sleep through the night in comfort, sorry I wrote so much it is just that it makes me so mad that all these doctor's care about is their paycheck, I would like all of them walk in our shoes, and then they will see just how miserable pain can be when you have to live with it everyday!!!!