I am sorry your back pain was not relieved. Please continue to seek a pain specialist. You are suffering and there is help out there. doctors can be very skittish about medications. Can you get a referal again from your neruo surgeon to a pain specialist? Nobody should have to suffer without any kind of relief. I have had two spinal fusions. I do have a pain specialist that is very compassionate. It took awhile to find him, but it was worth the effort. I also live in fla. where the bad rap with pain clinics is a problem. Yet I did find this person, who allows me some quality of life. I hope you can find that help too, and please don't give up looking. ginnie