How to Identify Pharmaceuticals Pills
If you find pills lying around your home and have no idea of their origin, you will want to know how to identify the drugs. Identifying pharmaceutical drugs can help prevent an overdose or alert you to a potential prescription drug abuse problem. It is important to keep in mind that you should never take pills that you don't know the origin of.
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Instructions
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Use an online prescription pill identification application to identify unknown medications. These free resources provide full color photos and details of different prescription drugs. As an example, you can use Pill Identification Wizard from Drugs.com.
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Agree to the terms and conditions before using the pill identification application. For liability purposes, you'll have to agree to the disclaimer before proceeding to use the identification tools.
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Search by imprint, color and shape. You need to provide details into the application in order to find the pill within the database. You can search through the prescription drug database by the pill's color, shape or any imprints it may have. Imprints are considered symbols, text and numbers that may be printed on the body of the pill.
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View the photos provided by the pill identification tool. The application will give you a full color close up view of all pills that match the description that you typed in. Compare your pill to the picture in order to correctly identify it. For more information on the drug, include usages and dosing information, click on the provided link next to the description.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also use a reference book to identify prescription pills. An example would be the most recent version of "The PDR Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs" sold through Amazon.com
