How To: identify a pill

[muddpuppy]

My brother got a pill from one of his friends the other day and gave it to my mom, it was broke in half and he told her to only take half. She hasnt took it but we would really like to know what kind it is. It is a small, white, oblong pill and on one side it says, 5]5]5] on the other it says, MB3????? I tried to google it but nothing come up... Anybody have a clue

Thanx

 

[SweetErika]

15mg Buspirone, a non-addictive anti-anxiety prescription drug. I've taken it, but long-term...it's not something you'd take recreationally like Xanax or narcotic painkillers, it's taken like an anti-depressant. There are a bunch of contraindications, so she should not take it without a doctor's prescription.

I found it by selecting OBLONG, WHITE, and 555 here: http://www.muschealth.com/cds/CPDrugIdentifier.aspx

 

[NaughtyLil1]

I think you can access the PDR online. You should be able to match the code numbers there.

 

[chris9]

Don't take pills that you didn't get from a doctor, nurse, apothecary or someone else with some knowledge about it. Never take anything that you're not sure what it is and what it's for. All meds have some side-effects, contra-indications, and interaction with other meds/foods. If you don't know what they are that's not a good idea in the (unlikely) situation that something happens.

 

[devils_daughter]

You were seriously going to give your mum a tablet that you have no clue of it's ingredients??? How fucking idiotic can you get??? If you wanna experiment with drugs that you can't identify then take them yourself. I honestly can't believe someone would give a potentially harmful/deadly drug to a loved one without...ah fuck it, there's no point, if you're stupid enough to do that then I shouldn't waste my breath.

 

[Scepter]

Buspirone is an anti-anxiety medication, unlike tranquilizers one has to take them repeatedly before any benefit is felt, one dose will give no benefit whatsoever.
However side effects might manifest themselves with just one dose, so taking just one dose gives no benefit, but could conceivably cause problems.

You've been given some very good advice, don't take, or allow others to take, any medication unless you know damned well what is is and what it does...

 

[muddpuppy]

You were seriously going to give your mum a tablet that you have no clue of it's ingredients??? How fucking idiotic can you get??? If you wanna experiment with drugs that you can't identify then take them yourself. I honestly can't believe someone would give a potentially harmful/deadly drug to a loved one without...ah fuck it, there's no point, if you're stupid enough to do that then I shouldn't waste my breath.

If you would read the story just a little bit closer, you would see that my 16 year old BROTHER gave my mother the pill, we wanted to know what kind it was so we could find out what kind of stuff hes into, we had NO intentions of taking the pill ourselves...

Sweeterika, thank you for the link, the mystery is solved.

 

[SweetErika]

Sweeterika, thank you for the link, the mystery is solved.

You're very welcome, and I'm glad it helped.

 

[trisex]

Go to Drugs.com, pretty good for listing.

 

[brioche]

In future, if you want to know, your helpful pharmacist can give you a hand. When my Dad found a pill that i had dropped in our car, my sister took it to the pharmacist where she works and they figured out it was just iron. My container had broken, and they fell everywhere. i was quite miffed they didn't just ask me until my dad explained it was on the passenger side, and he thought it might have been someone else's. i can honestly say i've never given my parents worry on that score.
i understood what you meant. When i was younger i would have given a pill obtained by questionable means to my mum too. Not for her to take, but for her to help with.

 

[devils_daughter]

If you would read the story just a little bit closer, you would see that my 16 year old BROTHER gave my mother the pill, we wanted to know what kind it was so we could find out what kind of stuff hes into, we had NO intentions of taking the pill ourselves...

Sweeterika, thank you for the link, the mystery is solved.

My apologies. The "we" in your post struck me as a reference to you and your brother. What I said still stands for him though!

 

[muddpuppy]

apologies accepted

 

[rosco rathbone]

Don't take pills that you didn't get from a doctor, nurse, apothecary or someone else with some knowledge about it.

Bolox. That's what the internet is for. Look the pill up, then take it.

 

[Quoll]

Bolox. That's what the internet is for. Look the pill up, then take it.

Yeah, because people that sell drugs would never copy the markings on legitimate pills to try and fool people, why that would be unethical.

 

[Pyro Paul]

My brother got a pill from one of his friends the other day and gave it to my mom, it was broke in half and he told her to only take half. She hasnt took it but we would really like to know what kind it is. It is a small, white, oblong pill and on one side it says, 5]5]5] on the other it says, MB3????? I tried to google it but nothing come up... Anybody have a clue

Thanx

why would he give a pill to his mother? let a lone a prescription pill from some one else.

further more, why would he say to only take half??

very confusing.

sweeterika is right here
its basicly the non addictive form of most other drugs that help cure types of mental desieases (lesser forms, ie, anxiety, empathy, confusion). i dont see how breaking it in half would do anything. let alone trying to pop it for a recreational drug. at best it would make you drowzy and confused from just one pill.


Unless of course if he has a form of anxiety himself. one of my medical friends has a form of A-ADD and instead of doing a daily dosage when she needs to absoultely focus she takes a single dose of a medium anti-A-ADD drug. it gives her focus for enough time to do what she needs to do, but doesnt give her lasting side effects and or addictions. (she suffers from serious side effects from taking the pills hence why she doesnt do a daily dose)

 

[Pyro Paul]

Yeah, because people that sell drugs would never copy the markings on legitimate pills to try and fool people, why that would be unethical.

well as long as it doesnt hurt any one then it is perfectly ethical! Make flintstone vitimin chew's look like ibprofine and sell em on the web. make a bundle!

 

[rosco rathbone]

Yeah, because people that sell drugs would never copy the markings on legitimate pills to try and fool people, why that would be unethical.

I think the odds of getting such a bogus pill are rather long. But, life is risk.

 

[amiss]

Strange pills lead to strange days

This whole thread reminds of me of a guy I used to know... a teenage raver... who'd take the random pills he'd find on the floor at raves. What a messed up boy. Last I heard, he was living in a van by the lake, trying to avoid "detection by the man". :S

*S

 

[mia_ow]

This whole thread reminds of me of a guy I used to know... a teenage raver... who'd take the random pills he'd find on the floor at raves. What a messed up boy. Last I heard, he was living in a van by the lake, trying to avoid "detection by the man". :S

*S

Ahh the good old days

teehee @ "detection by the man"