FW: Drugs.com Offers Pictorial Identification Guide for Pills

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Drugs.com Offers Pictorial Identification Guide for

Pills

Drugs.com has launched a Visual Pill Identifier and

Drug Image Library. You can get to it by using the

" Pill Identifier " tab at the top of the page at

http://www.drugs.com .

The identifier has a wizard that walks you through a

series of questions. You provide various pill

information, including pill form (tablet or capsule)

and shape. You then provide pill color and imprint

(imprint is optional and does not have to be complete -

- searching for an imprint of m found Cataflam, which

has the entire name imprinted on it.)

Search results include a picture of the pill (most

pills had images of both the front and the back, but

others had just ones side imaged), generic and brand

names of the drug, strength, imprint (if any), and

manufacturer. Both the generic and brand names are

hyperlinked to more information.

The wizard was easy to follow and the pictures were

large enough that it'd be easy to make a clear

identification of pills with them. My only concern is

that a count is not provided with the results; if you

search for round blue pills, you're given page after

page of results with no clear idea of how many there

are.