How To Identify The Rx 496 Pill

Pills and tablets can be hard to identify. The identity of the pill is rarely imprinted on its surface and there are so many pills that identifying one can seem like an impossible task. Usually your biggest worry is if the pill is a narcotic pain killer because of the potential for abuse. RX 496 is potentially a mixture of acetaminophen and hydrocodone, but you need to do some digging to make sure that you properly identify it.

Step 1

Compare your pill to the Drugs.com entry for acetaminophen-hydrocodone. Drugs.com has an online pill identification tool that can search for pills based on their characteristics. The only pill in their database with the imprint RX 496 is acetaminophen-hydrocodone, which is made by Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals. Searches of other databases (including Rxlist.com and the NIH's Pillbox) also yielded acetaminophen-hydrocodone as the only entries with RX 496 as the imprint.

Step 2

Take the pill to a pharmacy or your doctor. If your pill does not match the acetaminophen-hydrocodone entries available online, your pharmacist or doctor may be able to help you find other pills with that imprint. When you visit, either bring the pill or a detailed description (including its color, size, and shape) with you.

Step 3

Look up your pill in the Physician's Desk Reference or the Ident-a-Drug reference. Both of these books can be found either at your local public library or at a hospital or university library. These books are resources that many health care professionals use to identify drugs.