Replies to post #13073 on Cdex, Inc. (fka CDEX)

[Crow3]

Of course, it is a touch more difficult to check a pill using UV.. Gotta grind that sucker up to a "standard fineness" before you shine the UV on it.

Being in a hurry to "git her done" and on the market, they had to put that back on the anticipated list.. Never admitted it though.

That damn "anticipated list' is getting very extensive.

[d4diddy]

"Turns out that Valimed checks only liquid medicines.. Bye Bye Pill Checker."

90% of all prescriptions are in the solid dosage form. UV cannot penetrate a significant percentage of solid meds due to the protective titanium dioxide outside coating.

For that matter, niether can IR, that's why a Pill Checker (TM- Crow) needs to have several different ways of confirming a prescription drug. Size, shape, color, surface texture....

Read about ASD's RxSpec or give them a call and learn more. That is why RxSpec operates in the VIS-NIR range for pills.

When they design a system for solutions I'll bet they include UV or UVF as well.

There's no magic box that can do it all. And no, the much touted SafePill will NOT solve the world's counterfeit prescription drug problem.

Not even the meth gun, if it works satisfactory (esp. for things other than meth), will solve the meth problem.