i was wondering...do doctors ever prescribe themselves amphetamines to help them during work? especially surgeons that have to do really long surgeries.

no - especially surgeons that do really long surgeries, in general most surgeons dont even drink caffeine before they have a surgery. the adernaline of being in the operating room is sufficient

Very ture, and comming from a family of doctors there is a simple reason for this.

Someone that has issue with you, or just thinking they are acting on a good reason, can file a compaint about you after a problem in surgery (and every doctor has this happen to them, sometimes there is nothing they can do about it) that XXX substance caused a laps in judgment.

Those were both excellent repsonses.

My dad and one of my uncles were doctors, as was one of my grandfathers.

Not only can they not prescribe for themselves, that also applies to (immediate) family members.

Common sense would also dictate that should include extended family members as well, however, I realize that doesn't always happen.

This is a very good question, so thanks for bringing it up.