My best friend found a baggie full of pills in her husband’s closet and I was wondering if anyone here might be familiar with them.
They are round, white and scored in the middle. On one side there’s a 10 and on the other it says DAN 5730.
We are hoping it’s nothing but some sort of generic aspirin, but since he’s been acting very odd lately and things are starting to disappear from their home, we are expecting something not so mild.
Hope I’m not breaking any rules here. The pills are about to be destroyed regardless of what they are…we’d just like our curiosity satisfied.
Drugs.com has a pill identification wizard that may be useful (link is to the results of a search I did - but I don’t know if any of them are what she found).
I discovered what it is. I won’t say because it’s simply none of your business, but I will say it’s not a controlled substance. If your friend is concerned about his behavior, perhaps she should talk to him about it.
Well thank you for your kind words Chief. It happens to be my friend’s business, considering she’s had to deal with her husband’s bouts with drug addiction for the past fifteen years. She has a lot at stake and she’d like to know if she’s in for another round of three day failed rehabs, methodone clinics, faked home break-ins, and the man she loves possibly overdosing on a drug she can’t identify for the paramedics.
The problem is he WONT talk to her.
In retrospect, I apologize. I’m an alcoholic and a bit of a pill head myself and upon reading your story my “addict defense mechanism” kicked in, I guess. I didn’t know the whole story and since you’ve put it that way I understand where you’re coming from. Sorry again.
If your friend’s husband is addicted to Baclofen, you might want to reconsider destroying those pills until you can get him into rehab. Withdrawal has some serious side effects:
In your zeal to cure his addiction, you may just kill him.
She is taking your advice into consideration, Fear Itself, and putting them back into the closet for now. He’s scheduled to go to court next Friday for his fifth DUI and will probably be going to jail for some time…I don’t know what will happen to him, but she’s taken it upon herself to pack her things in move in with a friend.
Why she stayed with him for fifteen years is beyond me. He used to be be quite charming and she is a shy, simple Christian girl who keeps thinking things will eventually get better.
Have a look at a recent copy of the “Physicians Desk Reference” I’ve identified many pills this way. It will also tell you “indications” (when to prescribe) and “contraindications” (when not to) etc.