Ironic, I had a dr at a pain clinic with the same name as you.

He treated me very well, btw.

Anyhoo, I feel for you, I have chronic pain too and it stinks.

Tried all the ad's, andti seizures, anti inflamatories, even arthitis meds (before the FDA pulled them off the market).

Elavil helped some of the pain, lyrica worked for a while, some meds didn't touch it, some threw me for a loop.

Nobody wants to do narcotics for me.

Mt current pain doc has me on flector patches and Arthotech pills, plus zanaflex at night and methocarbamol for day (muscle relaxers) and the neuro RXs topamax for the migraines.

I still have a lot of pain, but that controls the head and neck pretty well.

I take a some vitamins/supplements that ease nerve pain, and a good stiff drink helps with the back spasms.

Sounds like your PCP is trying, glad to hear that. But do consider a pain clinic. A good one is worth it's weight in gold.