I am on Leflunimide and the pharmacy has sourced a brand with no identification markings. None. Just a white round pill. I am not very keen on this as I like to check to make sure that my prescription has been filled correctly. Is it normal to have pills with no markings on them?
Do your medications have identification markings? - NRAS
Do your medications have identification markings?
What did the pharmacy say when you asked them? Did they give you a brand name, or an accompanying patient information leaflet?
Generally pills do have some identifier, either shape or colour or imprint (or all three)
They just said that the insurance company pays for the cheapest of the leflunimide and this one is the cheapest. I have had apo and teva leflunimide but this new one is accell. I asked my doctor if she could write that I want a particular kind as I don't like unmarked pills and she said no. The pharmacy said if I wanted one of the other generic ones I would have to pay for them over and above the insured amount. Honestly, they look almost identical to my vitamin d tablets. So, I was just wondering what is happening in other countries. I am in Canada.
With the brand name you can check the description, and this is what it says
ACCEL-LEFLUNOMIDE 10 mg film-coated tablets are white, round biconvex tablets with no defects and with a diameter of about 6.1 mm. Each tablet contains 10 mg of leflunomide as active ingredient.
(On page 32 of the product information
pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00046765...
So that sounds right.
Not all pills have markings, full stop, it really does vary widely. Generic Leflunomide is actually often unmarked from my own experience - I had several different brands over 9 months, and many were just round, white tablets, particularly if they came in pill bottles - even if the bottles were branded and sealed - rather than strips in boxes.
My leflunomide tablets are usually unmarked and look very similar to vitamin D tablets but I keep them in their original pacakaging (which comes sealed) so not a problem to me.
I would not worry to much each prescription is double checked and mine used to be little white ones by Arava.
In the year I've been on leflunomide I've had several different brands, quite different looking from each other. Some marked some not.I find it all a bit annoying as I take so many meds that great care is needed morning and evening to make sure I am taking the correct wee white and often unmarked tablet.