Drug Identity Resources - ID Numbers

Updated February 23, 2021

There can never be too many resources available to help identify drug, pill, or medication identity by using various descriptors such as ID numbers and more. Here's a bunch for your use and reference . . .

Free Online Drug Identity Resources:

Drugs.com Pill Identification Wizard

RXList Advanced Search

 

Free Governmental Medication Resources:

Drugs@FDA

National Drug Code Directory

Electronic Orange Book 

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Identify Drugs And Pills - Another free identifier resource

Updated July 1, 2025

The MUSC link has broken.

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• The WebMD Pill Identifier

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Online drug and pill identifiers are like cars. Each one has its own style, and drivers prefer one style over another. Here's another resource, a drug identifier offered by the Medical University of Southern Carolina (MUSC). Enjoy!

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Another Free Pill Identifier - for your smart phone or PDA

A lot of folks are interested in free drug pill identifiers. I just learned about this free software from Epocrates, "Epocrates Rx." I'm not an Epocrates user, and I haven't personally downloaded or used this software. From what I can tell, you can register for a free account, and then download the free "Rx" software.

The free software is designed for use with smart phones and PDAs. What's neat is that the software provides:

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2. Drug Information
3. Drug Interactions
4. Formulary Information
5. Free Updates

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Identify Those Drugs - Handy Pill Identifier

At some time, we've all needed to try and identify a pill, tablet, capsule, or medication that somehow got separated from the original bottle. Or maybe you found some drugs that aren't even yours. The clues you need are:

1. Imprints, marks, or shapes on the drug. Drugs.com has a drug imprint lookup page.
2. Shape of the drug
3. Color of the drug
4. A guess of the name of the drug can help too

Now you need to turn your clues into some possible matches. Drugs.com offers a Pill Identification Wizard. You simply provide some of the clues mentioned above, and with any luck you're shown a list of possible matches with photos (if they're available) and drug manufacturers. Drugs.com quite responsibly adds, "As a general rule, we should all periodically check our medicine cabinets for any expired, re-bottled, or unidentified pills. The safest bet is to keep all medications in their original bottles or packets, with pertinent labeling and instructions attached, to avoid confusion and mistakes." Be safe, be well!

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