To ask my pharmacist to use my actual title on my medicine

Ive read back on the OPs comments and she has said the pharmacist does not agree with the prescription so I think it is an opioid or something that can be abused. Methotrexate requires routine bloods so I can't see you getting that from an online Dr

The prescription I used to pay for privately was not linked to my NHS records. The private GP didn't inform my NHS GP.

Wouldn't necessarily be opioids - there are strong non opioid painkillers used for pain relief for cancer patients and elsewhere.

Similarly, Methotrexate is used for cancer patients and also for painful conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (helps with inflammatory diseases)

By the by , Re your aspiration/ desire to be called Madame : Madame is the French version of ‘Mrs’. Unmarried women are ‘Mademioselle‘ ; my eighty year old unmarried neighbour’s tax demand was addressed to Mademoiselle xxx.

(Although people in shops etc would call her ‘Madame’ as a courtesy to an older woman).

when you go into the pharmacy, do they call you Miss blah, when you want to be called Miz ? Can you really tell the difference en passant ? In the US they would probably call you ‘ma’am’…..

Can I ask why you buy painkillers suitable for cancer patients online ? Will your GP not prescribe you them ? Do you feel like you are being judged by the pharmacy staff for buying strong painkillers online ...presumably opioids?

Accuracy, efficiency and to avoid mistakes.

Better to have just one patient record on the system for someone than having multiple.

Miss sounds like an ancient crone

Oh stop being silly.

Every woman is a Miss unless she marries.

Then it's Mrs although some women keep it to Miss for professional reasons if they retain their maiden name.

You sound egocentric I'm afraid.

The Mzzzzz was invented partly to try to apply to women who used Mrs but then got divorced and felt Miss wasn't appropriate any more- for whatever odd reason.

Where do you think pharmacies get their funding?

What has it got to do with the NHS?

I honestly think it is. I know people can be too touchy but this is my name!

This. ^ Anyone who insists on using 'Ms' is divorced or single, and is embarrassed to be (divorced or single.)

I'm not saying women who are divorced or single should be embarrassed, at all! But IMO the women who insist on being called 'Ms' are a bit embarrassed about their marital status, and are desperate to hide it. 👀

This. ^ Anyone who insists on using 'Ms' is divorced or single, and is embarrassed to be (divorced or single.)

I'm not saying women who are divorced or single should be embarrassed, at all! But IMO the women who insist on being called 'Ms' are a bit embarrassed about their marital status, and are desperate to hide it. 👀

What has it got to do with the NHS?

I suspect there are quite a lot of people who can’t understand ‘the drama’ who’d be very annoyed indeed if their title was changed from Mrs to Ms…….

I genuinely think you must have lived some sort of absolutely privileged life to get so wound up over something so ridiculous. Like I flabbergasted that people have so much time on their hands to be so petty over a title. I didnt even realise anyone alive today would care about their title, I find womens titles so misogynistic.

Secondly the pharmacist is probably fed up with you commenting and complaining over every little thing everytime you come in. You sound like one of those people who is just never happy and has to make a fuss. Being a pharmacist in community is a horrible, thankless job and you've just proved it. Peoples expectations are so high, pharmacists clinically and physically check hundreds of scripts a day, do vaccinations, run BP, viagra, morning after puill and diabetes clinics, sort staff issues, sort customer/gp issues, order medicines, to a mountain of paperwork.... very rarely get lunch or get home on time and yet people question our role and blame us for everything.
Pharmacist do not just stick labels on stuff, they clinically check prescriptions and you would not believe the amount of errors doctors make.
Most hospital wards now have their own pharmacists because of their knowledge of medication. Pharmacists actually correct a lot of what doctors do.

At the end of the day, theres no way to address it without the staff all doing an eye roll. If you must, ask the girls at the counter or find another pharmacy and give everyone there a break.

Pharmacists are highly trained professionals and are expected to do FAR MORE than just check name, address and medication. Otherwise a vending machine could do the job. GPs are not infallible and can make mistakes, the expectation is we pick it up if it does happen

If there is an error with the prescription where the dose is wrong and the patient comes to harm, we are jointly liable with the GP. Yes we do ask why something has been prescribed on occasion because some drugs are prescribed at different doses for different conditions.

With an attitude like yours, it’s no wonder your pharmacist has taken a dislike to you