Welcome to Pharmer.org

January 9, 2005 - 7:24pm — TP Admin


Welcome to Pharmer.org, an educational resource that will help you identify and learn about the medicines you and your loved ones are prescribed. We have assembled some pill identification reference tools for you. Our Common Imprints detail some of the more commonly prescribed drugs:

We plan to continue giving drug identification imprints for other medications. If you can't find your pill imprint in our lists, we have assembled links to other Pill Identification resources. If you don't like to research, we also have interactive forums for the discussion of new medicines, pill identification, and prescription and OTC drugs. Feel free to ask a question or answer a question. Or provide helpful comments regarding new medicines. Or tell us what you would like to see on our site. Take a look around our site and read about us.

First-Time Generics - February 2012

April 10, 2012 - 8:17pm — TP Admin

First-Time Generic Approvals - February 2012

Tablets/Capsules Only
Generic
Drug Name		 Generic
Manufacturer		 Referenced
Brand Name		 Approval
Date		 Pill
Identification
TIZANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE CAPSULES, 2 MG (BASE), 4 MG (BASE) AND 6 MG (BASE) APOTEX ZANAFLEX CAPSULES 02-03-12 2 MG - blue capsule APO T2; 4 MG - white & blue green capsule APO T4; 6 MG - blue capsule APO T6
DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE DELAYED-RELEASE TABLETS USP, 150 MG (BASE) MYLAN DORYX DELAYED-RELEASE TABLETS 02-08-12
PROGESTERONE CAPSULES, 100 MG AND 200 MG TEVA PROMETRIUM CAPSULES 02-29-12 100 MG - oval soft gelatin peach capsule TV A 18; 200 MG - oval soft gelatin yellow capsule TV A 19

Sources: US Food and Drug Administration, DailyMed and manufacturers' websites

First-Time Generics - January 2012

February 21, 2012 - 5:27am — TP Admin

The US Food and Drug Administration approved no first-time generic tablets or capsules during the month of January 2012. The only first-time generic approval was Moviprep for oral solution.

First-Time Generics - December 2011

February 17, 2012 - 4:49pm — TP Admin

First-Time Generic Approvals - December 2011

Tablets/Capsules Only
Generic
Drug Name		 Generic
Manufacturer		 Referenced
Brand Name		 Approval
Date		 Pill
Identification
METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE EXTENDED-RELEASE CAPSULES (LA) 20 MG, 30 MG AND 40 MG ACTAVIS SOUTH ATLANTIC RITALIN LA CAPSULES 12-01-11 20 MG - white capsule Actavis Logo 200; 30 MG - white & blue capsule Actavis Logo 201; 40 MG - white & dark blue capsule Actavis Logo 202
FENOFIBRATE TABLETS, 48 MG AND 145 MG LUPIN TRICOR TABLETS 12-23-11
TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE EXTENDED-RELEASE TABLETS, 100 MG, 200 MG AND 300 MG SUN (Caraco) RYZOLT TABLETS 12-30-11 100 MG - round white 531; 200 MG - round white 533; 300 MG - round white 537

Sources: US Food and Drug Administration, DailyMed and manufacturers' websites

Pharmer.org Pill Identifier - Tramadol Imprints

Searching for Pill Imprints

October 17, 2005 - 5:27pm — TP Admin

Here are a few hints that should make your pill identification search on Pharmer.org easier:

Try using the drug imprint numbers only. This works best if you have 3 or more unique numbers like 361 or 3601.

Less info is better. Don't search for 'white round scored pill marked 512 and Percocet'. This type of search works on the internet search engines, but it doesn't work well on Pharmer.org. Our search results will include all white pills, all round pills, all scored pills and all pages where Percocet and/or 512 are listed. If you search for ‘512’ the results will include only those pages where 512 is mentioned.

Don't add a space when searching for an imprint divided by a score. For example, S 8667 imprint is S on one side, and 86 | 67 on the other side. The only way to search is simply to use 8667, not 86 67.

If your pill has a set of numbers (44 XXX, 93 XXX or XX XXX), try searching for the second set of numbers. If that doesn't work, try all the numbers. First try with no space between the number set. If nothing matches, try adding the space. But be aware that adding the space will bring up all pills with 44 or 93 or XX on them - and there are many.

If you don’t get results by searching for numbers only, try adding the letter or letters on the pill if any. L 484 should find all pages with 484, L484 and X484. L484 will give you only those pages that match the phrase exactly. Watson 503 will show results for all Watson pills, whereas Watson503 will zero in on that pill imprint only.

If the pill imprint consists of one letter or logo only, check out our Vague Pharmaceutical Imprints article. This article has a lot of neat images of 'strange' imprints and might help you identify your pill. We add images periodically.

If you don't find your pill ID, please post a question in our Pill Identification forum, and someone will be glad to help you.

Updated 03-04-06

Vague Pharmaceutical Imprints

July 9, 2005 - 5:25pm — TP Admin

Updated 04-27-12

All FDA approved pharmaceuticals must have a unique imprint. An imprint is any marking on the pill such as an engraved logo, numbers and/or letters, or a raised or debossed symbol. Some pill imprints are quite simple. Maybe the imprint is only a logo; other times it's one letter or number. We have assembled a list of some unusual imprints that are hard to identify and which are commonly mistaken for street drugs such as ecstasy.

These drug imprints are the hardest to find in the databases because there is so little information to go on. It's a lot easier to identify a pill marked with a letter and three or four numbers than a drug imprint consisting of only one letter, number, logo or shape. Pills with simple imprints make positive pill identification difficult. Look through any imprint database, and you're likely to find many different medications marked with an identical letter or number.