Brave-Examination-70 t1_jegbq46 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:24 PM

Kind of strange considering most medications come in a variety of colors, and forms, sometimes with letters/numbers, sometimes without. Might be useful to have a standardized color and labeling system.

ledow t1_jegcy49 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM

I'm always amazed that they aren't required to have a standardised code marking on them.

Sure, it won't stop fraud, but this isn't about that... it's about knowing exactly what white pill little Johnny just swallowed out of grandma's bathroom cabinet when nobody was looking.

Brave-Examination-70 t1_jeh0kj7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:21 PM

For sure. One of those many things that seem obvious once you think about it, but won’t happen until someone comes along with the political or social capital to champion it and oppose a pharma industry that will fight against any minor expense or threat to their brand.

Landlubber77 t1_jegk9q4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:21 PM

We had something similar back in the early to mid 2000s, it was a website called DanceSafe that had pictures of all the ecstasy tabs making the rounds, what their chemical composition was and if they were "safe." That safety being relative to the pills whipped up in some asshole's bathtub full of various cleaning solvents.

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SternLecture t1_jeh2gbn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:35 PM

Very useful when you buy a grab bag at the flea market.

TIL that The National Library of Medicine has a Pillbox dataset made up of 8,693 photographs of pills, with an accompanying database of drug information. It was built to help with the identification of unknown pills.

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