I'm on Metformin for my PCOS and the drug store gave me a pill that is nothing like the ones that they use to give me...its like small and oval and has the number 142 on one side and smooth on the other, if any one could tell me what it is..i'd appreaciate it. I'm afriad to take it since i dont know for sure.
2007-07-28 14:14:37 · 6 answers · asked by Mary A 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Look up the Physician's Desk Reference book, and look it up. My neighbor brought me a strange pill she found in her son's room (she wanted to know if it was some kind of 'dope' his friend brought him--it was'nt) but that is how we identified the strange pill. Or go to epocrates.com to look it up.
2007-08-01 17:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by Kat T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are wise to question the difference.
Don't trust just anyone's answer.
When it comes to medications, your very life can be at risk!
Go back to the pharmacy, take the prescription with you, and have them check it against the drug identification book.
It is possible you may have been given a generic version of the same medicine, but let the pharmacist be the one to tell you if this pill IS or IS NOT the drug you were prescribed.
2007-07-28 14:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Hope 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be generic or made by another company then what you usually get. Call where you had your prescription filled and ask them ,only have to give them the prescription number off the bottle and they can bring it up on the compuuter. Whenever I get a prescription I always check it before I leave the store so I can ask questions of I have any.
2007-07-28 14:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by SandyO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its Metformin. Medications are often made by several companies, and pharmacies buy them from whoever is offering them for the lowest price. It doesn't matter what the appearance or brand name is; what matters is the medication inside and how much.
You cna always go back to the pharmacy and ask for a "package insert", or ask why it looks different this time around.
2007-08-05 05:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be the generic version of your regular prescription. Why don't you call a 24 hour pharmacy and ask a pharmacist?
2007-07-28 14:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For goodness sakes ask your pharmacist, that is what they are there for.
2007-08-05 12:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by Deborah Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋