How to get a pharmaceutical tested

[Justfishing]

Earlier this week my grandson didnt wake up from a nap. He was cold and limp but still breathing. He was rushed to the hospital and treated. It took several hours before he was alert.

He spent the last 3 days getting a full barage of tests. Monitors attached and blood drawn every 2 hours. Everything is came back normal.

His mother had refilled his prescription and that morning he was given his medicine from the refill. I think we should have that medicine the tested to see if there is anything off that could have caused a problem.

So my question is how do we go about getting it tested.

 

[Javajoe]

How old is your grandson and the blood test should show the meds he took that morning.

Pretty scary. Glad he’s better

 

[mjc]

Minimum there should be a description of the pill on the bottle label. Make sure those match first.

 

[monkeyswrench]

If the kid is older, and taking pills, even if the description isn't on the package, you can Google what it should look like.
With the liquid suspensions for younger kids, the newer machines spit out a barcode that should be on it, but you'd need to have it scanned.

These only help if they were mislabeled or packaged, not if the materials were contaminated, nor if in identification. I would think Labcorp or the like would be able to test what you have, and identify it.

 

[RadMan]

Use the pill identifier sites to verify you were given the right pill

Color, shape and imprinted code on the pill identify all prescription pills.

Pill Identification Tool

Use WebMD’s Pill Identifier to find and identify any over-the-counter or prescription drug, pill, or medication by color, shape, or imprint and easily compare pictures of multiple drugs.

www.webmd.com

 

[Caydens Cat]

Best bet is a pill identifier. The web is your friiend with color / shape / ID

General lab services wouldn’t be the ones to do it. You’ll need a chemist and trace running NMR or other to ID structure and composition. Haven’t done it for years and it can be difficult to ID analogs ( as it’s not my specialty.).

Good luck (former Chemist that handled drugs of abuse diagnostics)

edit: use the link above, overlooked the response