Mysterious round blue ABUG pill-nobody has been able to identify it??

Posts: 2
Joined: 2006-03-09

Mysterious round blue pill, nobody has been able to identify this pill. Not sure if it says ABUG or ABUC? Please advise if your familiar with this image below, Thank-you.





Posts: 1240
Joined: 2005-05-16
Thanks for the photo. This

 

Thanks for the photo.

This has been posted recently and thought to possibly be a diet pill from Mexico. This is only a theory however since info on foreign meds is often difficult to obtain. I believe this is the first photo of the pill that has been posted anywhere, and it may be helpful. I am sure that Kirby will be glad to see it.

The other post can be found here.

http://www.pharmer.org/node/2552

(if the link doesn't work, type "ABUG" in the search block at the very top right corner of this page and you will find the link) 

 




kirby's picture
Posts: 3558
Joined: 2004-12-26
ABUG Image

Nice image and cool logo.  Thanks.

Incognito is right - foreign meds are really hard to identify.  Many foreign manufacturers use the same logo on all their pills - and nothing else to differentiate one medicine from another.

I can't find a website for ABUG, but here are some of the company's products:

ABUGLIB. Hipoglucemiante. Tabletas..  ABUG
ABUTIROI. Hormona tiroidea (hipotiroidismo). Tabletas.. ABUG.
BEZALEX. Bezafibrato. Hipolipidémico. 16 y 30 tabletas 200 mg.. ABUG.
BUGAZON. Antihipertensivo. Tabletas.. ABUG.
FABUTIN. Famotidina. Antiulceroso. 10 y 20 tabletas 40 mg.. ABUG.
FLOXELENA. Ciprofloxacino. Quinolona. 8 tabletas 250 mg, 6 tabletas 500 mg.. ABUG.
KEVAL. antiulceroso. Tabletas con capa entérica, ABUG.
SINPET. tratamiento de la obesidad. Tabs, ABUG

These products all come in tablet form, so your pill could be one of these.  Or it might be something else the company makes that isn't listed above.

Sorry that we can't ID your pill.


I'm not a pharmacist or a medical doctor. This message is not medical advice nor is it an offer to provide medical advice. All drug identifications should be validated by a licensed MD or pharmacist.



Posts: 640
Joined: 2005-07-25
Translation

ABUGLib- Glyburide 5 mg     Anti Diabetic medication 

Abutiroi- levothyroxine sodium 100 mcg  Thyroid hormone replacement

Bezalex-  Bezafibrate  (Roche)  200 mg  (Oralpin) Treats high cholesterol

Bugazon- Captopril  25 or 50 mg   (Capten) Treats high Blood Pressure

Fabutin- Famotidine 20 or 40 mg (Pepcid)  Treats ulcers

Floxelena- Ciproflxine 250 or 500 mg  Antibiotic

Keval- Lansoprazole 15 or 30 mg  (Prevacid) used to treat ulcers or gastroesophageal reflux disease

Sinpet- Phentermine 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg or 30 mg   a diet pill

 

Who wants to bet these are diet pills?




Posts: 1
Joined: 2006-04-11
I KNOW THIS ONE!

IT's Phentermine from Mexico, 30 mg. I just got some more this weekend; same pill every time. 



Posts: 2
Joined: 2006-03-09
Thanks

I just want to thank everybody for their efforts to identify this one.  I'm sure your close too.  Thanks again. 



Posts: 1
Joined: 2006-11-18
Pill Identification

ABUG is mfgr.

They make sinpet fentermine. Yellow box and Blue box both come in 30 mg. Pill is stamped ABUG, not ABUC.

The yellow box works best, take 1 pill at noon and you don't feel hungry throughout the rest of the day. 1st 1 or 2 hours mouth fell a little dry.

You can purchase in Mexico @ around $30.00 USD for 30 pills.

I purchase mine from a pharmacy in Tecate and they ship by USPO.

November 17. 2006

DC

 




Posts: 1240
Joined: 2005-05-16
 That being said, there

 

That being said,

there still isn't any way to positively ID the pill. We can offer a list of meds that mfg makes (which has been done above), but not an ID.

I will quote Kirby who cited me and said:

Quote:
Incognito is right - foreign meds are really hard to identify. Many foreign manufacturers use the same logo on all their pills - and nothing else to differentiate one medicine from another.




Posts: 1
Joined: 2008-05-02
Hello!I am looking for

Hello!

I am looking for Sinpet everywhere and I can't find it I live in Canada. Please let me know where I can buy it

Thanx! 




Posts: 7
Joined: 2006-11-07
ABUG

I noticed this has already been posted, however I don't see any answers yet.  Does anyone know what this small blue pill is?



kirby's picture
Posts: 3558
Joined: 2004-12-26
No Identification Yet

No, the small blue pill imprinted ABUG has not been identified yet. And it probably never will be definitively identified.

As we said before:

Quote:
Incognito is right - foreign meds are really hard to identify. Many foreign manufacturers use the same logo on all their pills - and nothing else to differentiate one medicine from another.

 

It's possible the company makes many meds that are small, round light blue tablets imprinted ABUG.


I'm not a pharmacist or a medical doctor. This message is not medical advice nor is it an offer to provide medical advice. All drug identifications should be validated by a licensed MD or pharmacist.



Posts: 640
Joined: 2005-07-25
Just to add my to cents

Just to add my to cents here....

The way most foreign manufacturers differintiate between all their products that look the same is they print the information on the foil of the blister packs that this come in. Wiithout the foil, we'll never know as there can be multiple products with that imprint,shape,color and size.




gtrplayer's picture
Posts: 2641
Joined: 2006-08-22
Just to add my two cents as

Just to add my two cents as well,

this is why I actually like the way the US does our prescriptions.  It's a lot easier to say "what does the tablet say" than "go out to the trash and dig up that blister pack, what does it say"

Even though a lot of people have commented on how nice the blister packs are, and I concede I can see some advantages, there is always the question of people who count their meds out on a weekly basis.  If you pop the medicine out of the blister pack, and put it in the weekly container, (the ones that have the lids with MTWTF written on each box) what happens when you find that box after a vacation 3 years later?  Same thing applies with US medicine, but at least there is an imprint to help identify. 

Gtrplayer




Posts: 1
Joined: 2007-04-02
Sinpet

The pill is Sinpet* Mexican "Fentermina"  if its blue its a 30mg tablet.  You can purchase it in Mexico (Cozumel) for 42 us dollars for 30 tabs...some of the farmicia's will not sell it, others however will.  Its a diet pill compared to Phentermine in the US. 



Posts: 1
Joined: 2007-08-15
Blue Pill

I have taken this pill before, in fact i took it for 3 months (feb 07- April07) and lost 22 pounds. It is in fact a diet pill and it is from Mexico. I wanted to do some research on it to find out more, but it looks like there's no solution to this pill yet. Scary! But I have taken it and lost a huge amount of weight...and luckily have be able to keep it off.



Posts: 3
Joined: 2007-08-21
small round blue pill from Mexican Pharm. No markings

This pill is suppose to be phentermine. It has a score on one side and is blank on the other side. Round light blue tablet. 

(pharmacy name removed) 




Posts: 3
Joined: 2007-08-21
ABUG

Pharmacos Abug, S.A. de C.V

This is the company, but they do not have a web site