[SolomonQ]

a shopkeepr can be someone whos got a few bob and has decided to rent out a joint and fill it with some stock he's bought at a cash and carry, on the other hand a pharmacist is a highly educated professional with atleast seven years of rigorous education at the highest level and atleast 5 of those in the field of medicines, so when s/he informs a patient that a certain medicine is equivalent to another the general public should accept that opinion/fact.

also the prime objective of a shopkeeper is to make money so if s/he offers you a certain product it is assumed he's acting as a salesman but when a pharmacist offers you a product in a pharmacy, s/hes acting (hopefully) in the interest of the patient (Like I was), because making a profit is only one factors in a pharmacists advice, especially of very low priority when someone else owns the pharmacy. how many times have people been offered the cheaper ketchup (own brand) at a major supermarket when you try to buy e.g. heinz, compare that to how many times people get offered generic ibuprofen instead of nurofen or cheaper paracetamol syrups instead of calpol.

Do people comprehend now as to what I was getting at?