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Prescription Medicine Identification

Friday, October 16, 2009
 

Instructions

Significance

  • Step 1:
    Taking a prescription drug without knowing its identity and purpose can be dangerous. Any unidentified prescription medicine should be discarded appropriately.

Features

  • Step 1:
    Prescription medication can be identified by size, shape and color. Having this information will help to narrow down the possibilities.

Identification

  • Step 1:
    Prescription drug manufacturers will often add other unique features to make identification easier. There may be numbers, words or other imprints on the medicine.

Benefits

  • Step 1:
    Being able to identify medication can be important when filling or refilling a prescription as mistakes can be made. Most pharmacies provide a printout that includes information on prescription-medicine identification.

Considerations

  • Step 1:
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all pills and tablets bear imprints to aid in visual identification of a prescription medicine. Any new drug that does not meet this requirement will not be approved by the FDA.

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