John, I am glad your doctor was on your side, yes alot of the time we are too hesitant to assert ourselves when it comes to pain medication. So if I understand your post the doctor actually said one thing and then wrote a different script? Then we would have to let this pharmacist off the hook, but I totally understand Pickles' attitude, I am sure Pickles has had plenty of guff dealt to him/her by pharmacists. Most of us have.