DANG! I need to move to Belgium! I'm stunned with what your gp gave you. In the States, It's getting crazy-hard to get a simple script for alprazolam, and that's from Atlanta to 30 mins north of LA! As for pain meds, no doctors feel safe prescribing opiate pain meds, except the ones in an official "pain clinic," and the feds are constantly monitoring and hassling even the pain clinics. I keep hearing media chatter about this, supposed, "opioid epidemic" in the US. Since when did this become such a big, damn problem here??? Personally, I don't think opiate misuse/abuse is any worse here than it ever was. I highly suspect that, like so many problem in this country, it's just political BS and maybe an agenda being pushed by health insurance companies, though I can't figure why. Wonder what others think on this subject. Damn, Pill2Chill, you did VERY well. I'd be walking' on air! I'm green with envy.