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Sites for Pill Identification
Find some pills and you don't know what they are? These sites might be able to help you. So far I've found sites that cater primarily to pills manufactured for the US market. If anyone can point me to similar sites for pills made for other areas, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Drugs.com Pill Identification Wizard - Easy to use. Lets you try to ID pills by shape and color or manufacturer's markings. Returns several pills, with very nice pictures, that fit the criteria so there's very little chance for an error. Your best bet is using any imprints on the med, because shape and color will return a lot of similar results. The imprint tests also returned fewer errors, but I think that has more to do with wacky uberspazz definitions of their limited choices in color spectrum as well as some of their pairings. Like everything about Drugs.com you have to be patient because of the slow response time, but the site is generally worth the wait.
RxList Imprint Code Identification Someone was on crack when they put this one together. Either the instructions are too obtuse to follow or the database is hosed. Don't expect to get back much that makes sense. Plus there are no pictures, so mistakes will be made no matter what. Best to avoid this "feature" of RxList.
ID This Pill - If you're one of those people who can't navigate one of the above sites and has to ask someone to do the work for you, this is a site for you. Pharmer.org - As above, ask someone else to do it for you if you're incapable of doing it yourself. Not as popular as the first site, but with more resources, including some for pills made outside of the US. All of which would be pointless for someone who needs to ask anyway. |
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Please, if you know of any sites with quality information about pill identification send me an e-mail to jerod23 at gmail dot com and I'll check them out. Even if you're starting your own let me know. There's no guarantee I'll list it, but you never know. English language is not a requirement. All I ask is that you don't have to register first to use the site. A user agreement is fine, but registration isn't for a listing here.

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