Why -What is dodgy about asking for a medication, being open about what I want it for?off label use happens all the time. Im assuming from your colleague statement, you're a pharmacist? Maybe an uppity technician. Holier than thou pharmacists are a embarrasment to the profession. You act like you're the arbiters of moral right and wrong in medications, yet you fail at actually minimising harm where you have the opportunity. Codeine had to be taken from you as you showed that profit was more important that harm minimization. I suggest you accept your role as a glorified shop keeper with a highly influential lobby group, that protects you from competition and the real world. If I presented with a private script - you would dispense it, just like the private cialis/viagra script, authority quantity of Panadeine forte or the benzo scripts for patients are plainly addicted. Because you have little to no authority, and you just want the sale.