AboutNigel Simmons Expertise I am happy to answer general questions on medicines and hospital care. If possible, please use approved / chemical names rather than brands which are not internationally recognised.
Like all health professionals I am bound by a duty of care which prevents me giving detailed information about medication or treatment of people other than the questioner.
I will endeavour to help wherever possible or point towards more appropriate advice. If however your question crosses too far into patient confidentiality, I hope you will understand why I cannot answer your question.
Consider.. would you want me to discuss your care with a friend or relative without your knowledge?
Experience Registered as a UK pharmacist in 1982 and have worked in a number of hospital and health management posts around the UK. Formerly Chief Pharmacist for a 440 bed general hospital in Cambridgeshire.
Past/Present clients Previously Sysop on CompuServe UK Professionals forum.
Question I found some pills in my daughters room that I need some help finding out what they are. It is a round pill (about the size of a dime) blue on one side with A imprinted, White on the bottom side with 600 imprinted? Can you help me identify this?
Answer Amy
I'm afraid I am really struggling with this as I can find no products which appear to match your description. Once upon a time I would immediately have said that a dual layer tablet was almost certainlt commercially produced, however the quality of counterfeit an illicit products has improved significantly and many can appear to be respectable products. Consequently I cannot be certain whether it is a legal medicinal product, a health/herbal or something illegal.
If it is important that you know the identity of the product, then I would suggest that you speak to your local retail pharmacist or contact the Medicines Information pharmacist at your local general hospital. They are more likely to recognise the product or have access to more specialist reference sources than I have in the UK.
I would however offer a small caution, which I give in all such cases. Can you be confident how your daughter would react if you were to speak to her about what you have found? Teenagers in particular are likely to view any questioning as interference and quite literally invasion of their "space". The fact that you have asked the question does show your concern, but I would suggest you consider the implications of your concern being misinterpreted or rejected.
