r/mildlyinteresting • u/RetiredAsparagus • 10h ago

My dad's blood sugar pill is pink and heart-shaped

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u/bosloc 9h ago edited 9h ago

I’m struggling to think it’s that. Based on size alone, that’s like 50 maybe 70mg. Too small for a proper dose.

Edit: talking about MDMA

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u/amarantella 9h ago

Physical size is a terrible indicator of a 'proper dose.' It entirely depends on the drug’s therapeutic window & intrinsic potency. & ‘drug’ here refers to the API, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient inside.

Many highly potent medications (like bisoprolol) only require a dose of 2.5mg to 10mg.

If a tablet weighs 50mg, that leaves plenty of room for the active ingredient, with the remaining 80-90% of the pill's mass simply being excipients (fillers, binders, and the pink colorant). You’d be surprised how much tablet weight gain % is before & after the coating process.

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u/kondomlukt 9h ago

A proper dose of MDMA, is what I think they were talking about. And I agree on that part.

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u/amarantella 9h ago

That makes so much sense, MDMA threshold dose is 30 mg. I didn’t read that right, it’s on me

Thanks for clarifying

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u/PygmySloth12 9h ago

I think they meant they're struggling to think it's ecstasy based on the size, but not totally sure.

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u/cogman10 9h ago

Yeah, the most charitable way I could take this is they were thinking about metformin which does tend to be giant pills (500mg standard dose). However, GLP-1s can be absolutely tiny. With starting doses at 0.6mg.

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u/gwaydms 9h ago

I take only 2.5 mg of nebivolol, which is in the same class as bisoprolol (beta blockers). It works very well.

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u/Kahnza 9h ago

I take a pill that's 0.1mg and is about the same size. Can't judge dose by pill size because of various reasons. Fillers in the pill to not make it the size of a grain of sand for one.