I know they are monitoring more closely but it's weird drs are reacting like this. My impression has been that as long as the need is documented and there isn't oversuse in general it's fine. Nobody has a problem with my 2 benzos and I take Norco for migraines because the only triptan I can take with the MAOI must be taken within a few minutes of the first warning sign and since I mainly get migraines while driving now that they are mostly controlled the triptans sit unused. My family dr is perfectly fine writing for the Norco every 6-12 months. And when I had surgery I was practically offered a pain pill buffet. It took me 3 months to get through the first bottle of Norco and I had a percocet script and was asked at every visit (every 2-3 weeks) if I had enough pain meds. Granted with the surgery I had they don't want you taking NSAIDs so they give stronger stuff a bit longer to create excess scar tissue rather than risking not having enough, but still, there was no hesitation in offering pain pills and I did very well and was coming off them within a few days of surgery and was off nearly completely by 2 weeks; they were willing to have me on them for 6 weeks.

Different drs, different places. I know the dr for the hospital unit I go to hates benzos but has left mine alone. The first time I was in he did change me to klonopin because ativan wasn't working very well with my new meds (and he took me off benzos when I was suicidal) but otherwise has been fine with what I'm on. Not sure he'd go for the valium plus klonopin of the last few months but that's been an extreme situation.

It's so weird how these things vary in different places.