??? I thought I'd come to the wrong forum here! Are we an online pharmacy discussion board now, lol?

Well seen you're in the US - here the drugs are dihydrocodeine rather than vicodin, but the same scenario exists, ie doctors are so frightened of anything with the possibility of addiction they'll let you suffer pain. Not my GP, but I must have one in a million. I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and get unrestricted access to dhc, which is a hydrocodone based drug.