What was this capsule?

[Worried888]

Was given the wrong drug in a healthcare setting. They don’t know what they gave me.

It was a small capsule (smaller than paracetamol) one half was coloured yellow/orange and the other pink/red.

I am absolutely terrified as to what it could have been as I’m 6 weeks pregnant.

Yes they are but in the meantime I can’t even sleep for worry

https://www.drugs.com/imprints/g443-g443-14900.html This is pretty small?

Or https://www.drugs.com/imprints/mylan-3250-mylan-3250-7581.html

There are so many that fit the description. One is unlikely to cause any issues, you'd think.

Do you have an image please? I can’t find that colour tramadol when I google unfortunately

Also do you feel any different?

Omeprazole where I work is a very small red and yellow capsule.What was it supposed to be?

I had a look at omeprazole and can see it comes in loads of colours, I guess it could potentially be this and it would perhaps make some sense as alphabetically (if their drugs are stored that way) it would be close to the drug I was supposed to have. I don’t think it’s supposed to be given in pregnancy though 😞

I feel awful anyway, I’ve had some dizziness and some more vaginal bleeding although I have had bleeding on and off throughout anyway (no cause found and heartbeat was seen on scan)

Do you have a picture by any chance please?

What were you supposed to be taking?

No the current batch are all yellow but I've had red and yellow in the past @Worried888

Esomeprazole? Every prescription I've picked up of it is a different colour. My current ones are white and pink but my last ones were red and another colour. They're a very small capsule.

This might sound silly but would you mind putting a picture to scale of the tablet please (if they are usually the same size as each other?)

Could it be this?

Omeprazole/esomeprazole can be small capsules and they can come in red and pink

I have some that aren't that colour but are small. I'm trying to post a pic but having trouble with uploading it at the moment

Oh bless you, that is honestly baffling and shocking. I really hope they get to the bottom of it for you

No too large capsules

Thank you tho

Thank you, it was a similar size to that judging by the photo I think, but was a pink/red one side and yellow/orangey yellow the other side

Me too because I’m absolutely terrified for my baby

What drug should it have been. If we know the drug name then more likely to pin it down - if it was misdispensed it's likely to be a similar name drug

We give omeprazole in pregnancy frequently.

Are you going to answer anyone who has asked what you were meant to be prescribed?

It should have been Oseltamivir. But this is a larger yellow and white capsule - very different to what they gave me. And a scour of every brand of that drug across the world doesn’t show any that look remotely like what I was given

That does sound like it could have been Omeprazole that you might have been given then. I've definitely had pinkish and yellow Omeprazole before, although my current ones are green and white.

Omeprazole can be prescribed during pregnancy - I've taken it 😊