How to Identify Mylan Pills

Mylan manufactures generic drugs, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and claims to market more than 900 separate products to consumers in more than 140 countries and territories worldwide. Pharmacies annually fill more than 200 million prescriptions with this company's products. Mylan also produces active pharmaceutical ingredients for generic drugs.

According to the U.S Code of Federal Regulations, "no drug product in solid oral dosage form may be introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce unless it is clearly marked or imprinted with a code imprint that, in conjunction with the product's size, shape, and color, permits the unique identification of the drug product and the manufacturer or distributor of the product." Each manufacturer has a unique code or set of codes. Mylan drugs are frequently marked with the name Mylan or the letter M, and/or the letter G as in Generics (one of its subsidiaries).

Things You'll Need

• Maginifying glass (optional)

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Instructions

• 1

  Note any identifying marks, including letters and numbers, on either side of the pill. You may need a magnifying glass to identify the tiny print. Note the shape and color of the pill and whether it is a capsule or a tablet.

• 2

  Visit the Mylan website (see Resources). Access the tool for identifying pills by their identification codes. Enter the codes from both sides of the pill. The database will display a description of the drug and a list of common usages, dosages and individual codes. You will often find a photograph of the drug.

• 3

  Visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Drugs@FDA website (see Resources) to access additional information about the drug. Search the online database for the drug's name or active ingredient.

• 4

  Visit the Mayo Clinic website (see Resources) to search its database of prescription and over-the-counter medications. The site lists information on drugs and supplements.