Green and white capsule tablet marked GH31? Updated

[mae]

I have found this in my sons room and he is not here to ask what it is does anyone know? He has been acting out of character lately and I think if I asked him anyway he wouldn't tell me the truth if it is something dodgy.

Any ideas please?

Thanks

[Olympika]

Prozac (Fluoxetine) 20mg is green and a cream colour in my experience, but don't know about the 'GH31' bit...

[mae]

Thanks, if it was prozac though wouldn't it say 'prozac' on the tablet and also the milligram?

[loulou_1984]

I would have thought if it was medication, it would be marked with something recognisable? Was it in a packet?

I don't know how old your son is, so apologies if this is an inappropriate suggestion, but could it be steriods or viagra?

[mae]

Hi loulou , he's 17 and someone else has just suggested it could be a steroid? It wasn't in a packet it was on its own and it wasn't particulary hidden, I was putting his post in his room and I spotted it behind a picture frame standing on his shelf.

[suzybaby2001]

I've had a root round this http://www.pharmer.org/imprints/narcotics
from narcotics down to sedative on the right hand side of the page and can't find anything, they also have a forum which you could try? http://www.pharmer.org/forum/pill-identification

[mae]

Thanks I'll have a look. My husband is going to take it to the pharmacist to see if they can tell us.

[mattogier]

GH31 is a protien - could it be some sort of diet pill?

[mae]

Thanks I suppose it could be a diet pill but then I presume it must be his girlfriends because he is very thin naturally and would like to put weight on. My husband took it to the pharmacist and he said 'give me a couple of days to find out'. He gave the tablet back to my husband though?

[jeannieblue]

My lads are all grown now - but am thinking of you Mae.

I've been lucky in that my boys haven't even smoked let alone anything else. I consider myself lucky, very lucky that they haven't touched any substance. Am keeping my fingers crossed for you. x x x

[suep]

Mae I do feel for you, it is a worry . I was going to suggest you try your local pharmacist then I read that you already have, let us know what he says
sue

[mae]

Thanks yes I'll let you know if I find out what it is. Fingers crossed its nothing serious.

He's not showing any signs of taking drugs as such so I didn't suspect I would find something like this. He has changed character in that he now has a girlfriend and he is so obsessed with her and desperate to be with her he is going against our rules, for example we said he wasn't to stay over night on a college night and he just stayed over without even letting us know he was safe and he has done this a few times. Also he very recently got a weekend job (sat & sun) and he was supposed to come home on the Friday night so his dad could run him to his job early Saturday morning and he didn't bother to come home and didn't go to his job, didn't even ring them up. That was 2 weeks ago and he has just done the same again last night so today not gone to work again and will have definately lost the job now but worse than that he hasn't even text or rang us since he left a note yesterday saying 'won't be late home tonight'.

Really hurtful that he can't even do the basics of staying in touch so we know he is safe. Joys of a selfish/thoughtless 17 year old.

Thanks

[floyd]

It could be something as innocuous as a cold/flu capsule as quite a few pseudoephedrine/guafenesin capsules are green and white. The drug imprints frequently use letters from the parent companies name so its quite possible they are Galpharms cold and flu capsules http://www.galpharm.co.uk/products/product.cfm?product=22 but I can't be 100% sure without checking my MIMMS book but thats in work sorry.

I hope it all works out for you X

[jeannieblue]

Kids - who'd have them... :o

I can't give advice on this Mae - as said, somehow I got lucky and my lads didn't cause me any hassle (what did I do right?? b*ggered if I know).

I never turned a drama into a crisis. I never spoiled them - mainly cos I couldn't afford it! If anything, they were protective over me - but that is another story.

You just teach them right from wrong and hope for the best. I think it is also good to remember how you were at that age too..

I remember telling 'porkies' to my mum and dad about a party. I told them I was staying at my friends and she said the same to her parents. We very excitedly went to this 'all night' party. Come 1am, we were tired and very very bored, but neither of us could go home!! We were a good few miles away too - we started to walk, it took us 2 hours to get to our town and had to hang around until it was a reasonable time to go home! Disaster! And looking back, we were lucky that nothing awful happened to us.

Only young once.. Be firm maybe? But remember what it is like to be young. If I was told 'No'! I remember thinking (but too cowardly to say out loud) Oh yeah? - going to anyway!! I'm still a bit like that!!

I really hope that that tablet turns out to be a vitamin at worst. And I hope that he sorts things out with you and starts to act a bit more responsibly .. does he need the wages to support his life style? If so, then he may need the job really and sort it out himself.

A mothers job is not an easy one - and I am sure that there are many of us on here that will be behind you.

I've rambled a bit - but hope I've helped more than I've hindered xxx

[sillyvixen]

really hope it is nothing sinister .. sorry dont know what the pill is!

[candygirl]

Ive just taken two of these tablets, they are Galpharm flu relief capsules from Poundland.Hope this puts your mind at rest;) :D

[mae]

Ive just taken two of these tablets, they are Galpharm flu relief capsules from Poundland.Hope this puts your mind at rest;) :D

Really :D Feel relieved but a bit silly :o

Thank you

The good thing is I didn't text or ring him (still not home since yesterday and no contact :mad: ) to see what it was so at least he doesn't know I didn't trust him and it didn't turn into a big hooha, things are bad enough with his sudden unexplained rebellion without him having this to hold against me.

Thanks everyone :A

[jeannieblue]

Really :D Feel relieved but a bit silly :o

Thank you

The good thing is I didn't text or ring him (still not home since yesterday and no contact :mad: ) to see what it was so at least he doesn't know I didn't trust him and it didn't turn into a big hooha, things are bad enough with his sudden unexplained rebellion without him having this to hold against me.

Thanks everyone :A
You are really NOT silly Mae! It shows that you are a caring Mum - and credit to you! If all mothers cared, then it would be a better world.

Just look at what has dominated the press the last few days.....

[candygirl]

Really :D Feel relieved but a bit silly :o

Thank you

The good thing is I didn't text or ring him (still not home since yesterday and no contact :mad: ) to see what it was so at least he doesn't know I didn't trust him and it didn't turn into a big hooha, things are bad enough with his sudden unexplained rebellion without him having this to hold against me.

Thanks everyone :A
Yea honestly hun:D .I wouldn't mess about with something as potentially serious as this.Havng got a 21 year old DD, I can understand how worried you were:o Incidentally they are great tablets for colds n flu:D :D

[SparkyG]

Really :D Feel relieved but a bit silly :o



Dear Mae,
Don't feel silly. I would have been worried exactly the same as you!;) I have 2 boys who caused us a fair bit of worry between the ages of 15-20, and they are now devoted family men (now 29 and 31) with good jobs, lovely wives, children etc.

Hope that gives you a bit of reassurance:D but I know it's horrendous at the time. You really sound like a wonderful caring mother and that's what ultimately counts and pulls them through the 'mixed up' years.

Isn't MSE wonderful, when within hours someone will come up with an answer? Terrific support from so many people:j

Very best wishes
SparkyG

[Francesanne]

You're just a loving concerned parent and no need to feel silly, just very relieved. He's a lucky lad.

[Savvy_Sue]

wrt to not letting you know where he is and when he'll be back, my mum always used to say to me that I knew I was safe, but she didn't. And that she always told me where she was and when she'd be back, so please would I do the same with her.

funnily enough I find myself saying the same kind of things to my lads now. They know that if they want to avoid text messages followed by phone calls, they need to TELL me what's going on.

[mae]

wrt to not letting you know where he is and when he'll be back, my mum always used to say to me that I knew I was safe, but she didn't. And that she always told me where she was and when she'd be back, so please would I do the same with her.

funnily enough I find myself saying the same kind of things to my lads now. They know that if they want to avoid text messages followed by phone calls, they need to TELL me what's going on.

Thanks I completely agree and have told him this time and time again. He used to always tell me where he was infact he was pretty much a home bird most of school. Now he has a girlfriend he has become so disrespectful its really hurtful. I have done all the ringing and texting but he just ignored them, then I did the shouting/nagging/pleading when he came home to which he would say sorry and he understood my concern etc then he just does it again :mad: I am now trying the 'ignoring it' tactic which is killing me coz I feel like he is being allowed to get away with the basic rules of house/family. I have not seen him now since Friday and he hasn't even contacted me AT ALL. As in the past I would have rung/text like a demented woman I am now trying to not rise to it and I haven't rung or text him once BUT I am churning inside swinging from fuming to upset!!

I really don't know where to go with this at all. I will probably get home to him having had a shower and eating a full box of cereal like there is nothing wrong or he will just say something like 'yeah I'm sorry I knew I'd be in trouble so I just ignored it and have been feeling really bad' :mad: :eek:

What do I do? I know he is 17 but surely people agree this isn't acceptable? His girlfriend seems to be so high maintenance and always wants him to go to her house and she lives about 8 miles away, she finishes with him or threatens to if they disagree about who's house to go to and also he told me she in't happy if he goes out with his friends :eek: They are obsessed with each other I think and its only been 5 months. I have not met her parents but I keep toying with the idea of going round and seeing them coz I think what must they think him being there all the time and me not even contacting him? But I know he would be so angry and embarrassed if I did that so I would just be fuelling it?

We are and have always been close until all this :confused:


So I now have the answer on the tablet (thank goodness) but any ideas about the lack of repect and how to deal with it?

[silver-birch]

For the lack of response to Texts etc, I think I would repay like with like. When he (eventually) gets in touch to borrow money/ask for your help/know whats for tea etc I would be conveniently unavailable. To the question I was trying to ring /text you Mum I would just say 'I know,I just couldn't be bothered to reply, bit like you really'. Maybe he will get the message that if he can't be bothered then nor can you.

Kids,bless'em!!

Good luck
W

[Stephb1986]

I'm 22 years old and i stay at my fellas house friday till sunday i ring my mum on the saturday and on the sunday just to say hi or what ever she then knows im safe :)

I would do what silver-birch suggested dont reply to his txts or phone calls.

Steph xx

[jeannieblue]

He's being very selfish - just like alot of teenagers are...

I'd try and keep quiet, keep strong (easier said than done), if he wants to be the 'grown up independent' person, then let him have all the responsibilty that goes with it? does that make sense? Probably not! For example, if and when he comes back and wants clean clothes - direct him to the washing machine. If he wants money, direct him towards a job. If he wants anything, direct him to where he can get it or earn it himself.

He may hate you for it, but he will love you for it in the long run, when he has grown up and learnt to appreciate things that he has earnt and bought with his own money and grown into a grounded responsible man. And he will have more respect for you too, as you will have ceased to be the door mat.

Its hard and I am sorry, but he needs to learn, like some of the youth today, its not take, take, take.

And I bet you are now, hackles up, reading to protect him against me...

Thats cos you are a loving mum... its bloody hard being a mum x x x

[Savvy_Sue]

Well, it's easy for me to say because mine haven't ever let on about their gfs (although I'm not completely ignorant!) BUT if I had a contact phone no. for her or her family I think I would be in touch with an innocent "Oh, I just wondered if DS was with you, only I haven't heard from him since Friday and I thought perhaps his phone battery was flat / he was out of credit / he'd forgotten my number."

And, embarrassing mum that I am, I might well have the "This isn't a hotel, it's a family" conversation with a gf if I thought they were encouraging bad habits in my son (not saying when he'd be back, for example).

Only today I 'lost' DS2, not at home, mobile apparently switched off, and he only came home from Uni on Saturday! I wasn't worried, but I asked him just to let me know a little of his movements, so I know when to START worrying.

DS3 often goes to stay with a school friend on a Friday night, and I do have that lad's home phone no, have had a few conversations with the other lad's dad when DS isn't home when I asked him to be!

I know when I have their friends here I always check that their parents know where they are, and that they have a sane way of getting home.

A thought: your son is at college? Phone call to tutor to make sure he's attending OK? That might embarrass him into keeping in touch ...

[Mutter]

Updated? How?
I see nothing new here.

Tablet cold cure, and an overbearing mother who snoops around her son's bedroom and posts the findings over the internet.
Does he know I wonder?
Poor bloke.
Are you going to tell him?

[mae]

Updated? How?
I see nothing new here.

Tablet cold cure, and an overbearing mother who snoops around her son's bedroom and posts the findings over the internet.
Does he know I wonder?
Poor bloke.
Are you going to tell him?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm not ashamed of the way I parent, I'm proud :D

[jeannieblue]

Updated? How?
I see nothing new here.

Tablet cold cure, and an overbearing mother who snoops around her son's bedroom and posts the findings over the internet.
Does he know I wonder?
Poor bloke.
Are you going to tell him?
And that was helpful because.............. ???? Answers on a post card please.

Nope don't get it. Obviously more of a Nutter than a Mutter. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

How's it going Mae?? Heard anything as yet?

I'm hoping that you will be able to pick bits from all us that will help you in your situation.... I did the 'tough love' bit last night. Easy to write but hard to put into practice :o

[Mutter]

I wasn't trying to be helpful.
I was stating that children are entitled to privacy and why is it that some parents immediately think the worst.
Also jeannieblue, your rhyming remark shows your ignorance rather than wit, as Mutter is pronounced mooter and is German for Mother.

[Toothsmith]

Of course children are entitled to their privacy - which is why they must never find out we go snooping round their bedrooms! :D

[Mutter]

Of course children are entitled to their privacy - which is why they must never find out we go snooping round their bedrooms! :D
:rotfl:

Toothsmith, I always assumed that my dentist was typing up my notes whilst the injection took effect, now I wonder was he posting on MSE?;)

[Savvy_Sue]

while we wait for Toothsmith to come back and explain himself, he has said in the past that he can sometimes sneak on while his assistant is busy cleaning up between patients. Must depend how long the notes need to be.

[Toothsmith]

I didn't think I needed to come back. She was exactly right!! :D

[jeannieblue]

I wasn't trying to be helpful.
I was stating that children are entitled to privacy and why is it that some parents immediately think the worst.
Also jeannieblue, your rhyming remark shows your ignorance rather than wit, as Mutter is pronounced mooter and is German for Mother.

Oh for goodness sake woman ( I presume )....

Of course they are entitled to privacy - but at what cost?? Oh yes, I can see it all from your point of view.......... let them have freedom etc.

People like you have caused young people of today to get a bad name... you let them do what they like and when they like. You don't care if they smoke pot or do drugs cos they are doing it in private and that is their right. They can get pregnant, cos hey, if you interfere, you are upsetting their privacy!

Have you any idea what it is like in this country nowadays? If so, are you not ashamed to be British? I am. No doubt you watch Jeremy Kyle and the like every day (I don't have time as I work), but I guess you can relate to all these folk that go on these shows - people like you have given them their privacy - and let them screw up their lives and others.

Bring on the caring parents - like Mae!!

[jeannieblue]

I didn't think I needed to come back. She was exactly right!! :D
You are such a tinker!!

By the way - re the Vit D - been swallowing now for at least two weeks ;)