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I was a pharmacy manager and tech for 11 years and while we valued our customers patronage, trying to identify a pill or capsule from the tremendously huge amount of pharmaceuticals made by so many manufacturing companies while trying to conduct business and fill prescriptions simply was not feasible. I would highly recommend calling the national Poison Control Center at 800-222-1222 to identify it for you. They have highly trained Registered Nurses to take your call, not just an answering line, and licensed physicians in every field along with registered pharmacists who are all trained to know the quickest way to identify a pill, capsule, whatever, because that is their job. When a call comes in that someone has ingested something and appears to be poisoned, they have to be able to find out what it could possibly be so they can begin to help the victim immediately. Of course, you should tell them first that you are not making an emergency call, but want to identify an unknown pill. Good luck to you.

2006-08-09 17:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by HisChamp1 5 · 0 0

search online for pill identifiers, you can put in the color and shape of the tablet along with the markings that are on it and it should bring up some pictures of tablets that you've descibed...you can go to a pharmacy, some have a machine that scans the tablet and tells them what it is, if they dont then they're just gonna go online to try and find it the same way i've just told you. I've always been good at identifying tablets we sometimes find on the floor at work but taking it to a pharmacy doesnt mean they will be able to look at it and know what it is, there are many drug manufacturers and they can all make the same drug..but each manufacturers version is going to look different.
Oh and don't flush it down the toilet...or any other medications you may come accross, it pollutes our waterways and harms fish and wildlife that depends on our nations waterways.Wastewater plants are not designed to handle our household hazerdous wastes such as medication...many medications contain metals,chemicals and organic substances that dont break down easily in the wastewater treatment process. There has actually been trace amounts of these things detected in our water supplies. Bring your stray medications and expired meds to any pharmacy and ask them to dispose of them for you, many pharmacies have a bin they throw stray pills in and it gets picked up and disposed of on a monthly basis. If you dont do that then atleast leave the pills in the prescription bottle, put some water in it so they dissolve,tape it shut good and throw it in the trash.

2006-08-10 00:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by hotmama 3 · 0 0

the only way to accurately identify the drug is to take it down to the pharmacist at your nearest pharmacy and have them look it up. There are millions of possibilities when it comes to medications as each brand and generic have their own look and markings. If it's something you just found lying around, your safest bet would be to flush it down the toilet.

2006-08-09 23:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by kansas8099 4 · 0 0

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