By FDA regulation, every doctor prescribed, narcotic, over-the-counter, veterinary and homeopathic drugs and a expanding variety of tablets, capsules, and soft gels in these classes must display a image or emboss with which its identification can be achieved. These identifying markings are collectively known among pharmaceutical information professionals as imprints. The Food and drug administration has mandated the markings but produced no provision for cataloging imprints nor searching catalogs for them.
There were a number of medication identification databases produced since the initial one was introduced in 1974. The early directories consisted of a collection of the alphanumeric information and physical properties. Look ups are made by an unsophisticated character string search.
Some others have images in books. These resources are not comprehensive, are cumbersome to identify a pill, and are obsolete the same day they were published. On account of space constraint, and availability, the quantity of photos of pills is consequently incomplete. In addition, whether or not the database is in print or the most recent web based, the sad fact is that the images are not searchable. Today, with more than 20,000 imprints in the U.S. marketplace, finding a solitary image out of thousands and thousands is a overwhelming task.
Computer, and later online data sources, cataloged only alphanumeric information as well as coloring, shape and scoring. All competitive databases aren't able to catalog any logo graphics that might be part of the imprint. The lookup mechanisms often consist of a simple match of the alphanumeric details, along with other descriptors like the color, shape and scoring. Any brand logo image is merely thrown away in any competing database.
A search of this type frequently ends up with dozens, occasionally over one hundred, potential matches and the consumer must select the final choice by finding the closest match. Even if the final choice is reached, the imprint details are often incomplete because no logo design image details are included into the final results screen. This results in the consumer wondering if he's identified his pill or not.
Because doubt in selecting the mark occurs, the most effective tablet and capsule imprint databases is aware that errors can be easily made when allowing the user to make the final selection when all the imprint characteristics may not be present.
The solid dosage form identification database makers have continued to tweak flawed methodology for incremental improvements in the state of the solid dosage form identification art. But they failed to come up with a good solution to this dilemma. Subsequently, any attempt to make an id with competing databases are neither simple nor conclusive.
It was obvious a new paradigm is exactly what was needed.
Drug Identity Information first determined three persistent problems in the drug identification field:
1. Needing to choose from a list of products where the user must make the ultimate selection, consequently making the chance of being wrong.
2. Lacking all the information in the imprint displayed to confirm the selection made is accurate.
3. Unavailability of an identification due to incomplete databases.
To solve the problems, solutions were first defined:
To positively and particularly declare the ID, each lookup of an imprint database must lead to a unique choice.
To confirm that the ID is correct, all the details of the imprint must be recorded and displayed as confirmation.
To accomplish certainty in making an identification (ID), the database must be all-inclusive.
These three criteria were utilized to set goals that would distinguish the Pill ID .com system from other providers of information in the field. The first objective is achieved by the implementation of our patented process that sets the guidelines by which both the imprint is cataloged and the user ultimately makes the ID. This also ensures that a pill identification done on www.pillid.com guides the user to a definitive outcome in every case.
The second goal is accomplished by presenting the confirming color, shape and scoring of the dosage form is displayed confirming the pill identification. The display also alerts the user of a potential duplicate imprint when there is one.
Finally, the third objective is attained because Pill ID.Com utilizes the most comprehensive database available.
The patented pill identification system is currently available at http://www.drugid.info
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