Identifying pills?

[squidgey]

hi all

ive had a really bad day . today i have found some pills in my sons room and i really would like to find out what they are.

they are red and white capsules with ax250 written on the white part and a letter G written on the red part..

can any one help me identify them?

any help appreciated thanks

[Morrisonker]

my first instinct would be to get in contact with a pharmacy tomorrow morning.  Hopefully they should be able to help you.

I just googled it and found this, http://www.mediresource.sympatico.ca/drug_detail.asp?brand_name_id=1091&dowhat=accept_disclaimer it sounds harmless and see if the description at the bottom helps.

[Morrisonker]

sorry, should point out that is a Canadian site, didn't realise that but hope it helps.

[squidgey]

thankyou

the description certainly sounds like the capsules i found.

i think i will go to the pharmacy tomorrow anyway .

I really cant believe i found them in his room !

I know he has been smoking recently but now im finding drugs/capsules in his room and he is also regularly bringing the police home with him :0(

his dad and myself fell like failures .

Dont know what to do to help him and everyone we turn to cant ever seem to help us? :0(

Thankyou for listening

again any advice more than welcome

lisa xx

[lindapinda]

 I found a lot of red and white capsules,at the back of our houses.Took them to our local chemist,and he said they were strong painkillers,that kids appear to use with drink,to get a stronger effect.

[jake-the-peg]

Like this?

http://www.actavis.is/Products/AmoxicillinNMPharma.htm

Amoxycillin - antibiotics

You don't say how old he is theres a bit of a difference between this at 12 and at 19!

But you might want to think how you'd have felt if your mother had been checking up on pills she'd found in your room when you were that age.

And whilst it's not ideal I think quite a number of otherwise quite well adjusted people either smoke or used to smoke.

I'd be a bit more concerned about this Police thing.

Exactly how many times has he been brought home by the Police and what for? 

[squidgey]

hi

thanks every one for your answers

he is 12 nearly 13 - the police are bringing him back for a number of things stealing , criminal damage , general persistent bad behaviour in the street !

He has a court date (26th oct) and we believe he is going to be issued with a ASBO.

we dont know what to do next?

we have tried everywhere for help - school , social services , police and nothing ever happens - no help or solution .

We are now also being told by the council that if this behaviour continues we will lose our home :0( - It seems they are forcing us to take the action of kicking him out .

Nightmare - we have our own business and that has almost stopped - we face losing our home - we are constantly being stole off - Our son seems intent on ruining his life

He has been kicked out of school permanently and now goes to a centre for one and half hours over 3 days ? so all his spare time is spent getting into trouble when he should be in school .

I cannot go to work while my son isnt at school so our business is suffering with my not being there.

all in all everything seems rock bottom in our house

any ideas / advice very welcome :0)

[jake-the-peg]

Doesn't sound as if finding the pills is your problem here. I'd rather assumed he was later teens and had gone to the doctor on had gotten antibiotics possibly for a venereal infection or something like that.

My guess is that some mate sold him them purporting them to be something illict - in which case the good news is that he's somewhat ignorant about drugs and the bad news is that he's "ready to experiment".

I have a friend who had problems with her son at this age of a similar vein but not as bad. They found a marked improvement after he started seeing a child psychologist. A lot of kids seem to get quite stressed and rebellious and generally wound up about this age and some seem to handle it better than others.

Sounds tough but the first thing I'd say is don't blame yourself. There's a lot of "bad parents" rubbish spouted in the media you didn't go out to inflict some sort of antisocial child on the world and you can't look clearly and rationally at things if you're constantly thinking should I have done this or that differently.

Firstly it sounds as you're desperately in need of professional help, doesn't sound as if you've had a lot of support if I were you I'd try the health authority again to try to get some councilling sessions with a psyhologist.

In the mean time most behaviour changing strategies involve strict regiemes with carrot and stick reward/ punishments.- The same concept is used from dog training to prisons.

In other words define strict rules or routines - possibly written - with clear punishments and rewards these have to be rigidly adhered to, a sucess cannot be allowed to go unrewarded any more than a failure unpunished.

It takes time and is damn hard work but it does tend to be sucessful.

Best of luck.

[Eels]

I totally agree with the above post - you have to think like he does ... when you lay down a rule his first thought will be 'What's in it for me?', so you have to make good behaviour seem worth his while.  And for bad behaviour you need to find a way of punishing him which hits the mark, like taking his TV away or confiscating his house key or something.

Reward is the important bit because once he realises that it's in HIS hands to make his life better, he will have much more incentive to improve his behaviour.

I seriously think you need to start banging on doors in a big way to get help though - start with your GP, alone if you need to, to get some contacts.  Wishing you all the best.

[mimififi]

have you thought about asking your health visitor or your GP if it is possible that you could see an ed psyche or a child pysche. They can help with all sorts of behavioural things.

Also, get onto the LEA at the council offices, there are special divisions that deal with exclusions and just make such a fuss everyday until they start making better noises. Same with the social, don't just take their word for it, phone everyday, ask to talk to someone more senior. Failing that, you could go along to your MP and talk to them. They should have a drop in session at the council buildings at least every month.

You need more help. If your son was physically ill he would have all they help under the son. Just because he has a pyschological problem, you don't get the necessary support. Do yout hink there is a possiblilty that he is an addict? It would certianly fit with the moodiness, the out of character behaviour and particularly the stealing. This is something the GP could help with. Do you have any relatives that live a significant way away from you that you and he could go stay with to sit out the cold turkey and have the rows, discussions,tears and hugs you need to have? This would certainly be helpful as he would not be able to see the crowd he is with now. from his point of view, It is so hard to turn your back on the crowd, you need a total break from them, to leave them behind.
I am thinking of you, and I send you all my love.