Some solid dosage forms (such as tablets, capsules, or wafers) are printed with a logo, instead of a number or letter.
The inclusion of a letter or number in the imprint, while not required, is encouraged as a more effective means of identification than a manufacturer's symbol or logo by itself. This also applies to some other medicines, such as homeopathic medicines, unless they have applied for an exemption from the FDA. are required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have a unique imprint. A caregiver has been asked to give a certain pill to the person they are looking after but is confused about which pill it is.Īll approved solid, oral dosage form medications in the U.S.A person has been brought into the hospital with loose pills in a pill case but is not sure what they take.A person has been found unconscious and pills have been found in their pockets that need to be identified.Law enforcement officers have found a collection of pills during a personal property search and wish to identify them.Your pharmacy has given you medicine that looks different to the one that you normally take.A person taking several medications has mixed them up in their pill case and needs to work out which one is which.A person has found a pill in their house that does not look familiar and wishes to identify it.Imprint codes, when used in conjunction with a tablet or capsule size, shape, and color, allowing medicine to be correctly identified when it is no longer in its original container.īeing able to identify a lone tablet or a collection of capsules is useful in different situations, for example:
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