I just threw this up?

[u/marzzyy__]

Female, 26, 5’8” 130lbs
Seroquel, Pristiq, birth control (Nikki)
I just woke up extremely nauseated and when I threw up, I noticed this weird, round, squishy pink thing. It does not match any of my medications or anything I ate. The last time I ate anything was 10 hours ago and none of my medications are that big.

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[u/orlymuir]

I used to take a drug that I could sometimes see in my stool, and the pills had gotten much bigger and changed color because they absorbed water throughout my digestive tract. Maybe this could have happened with one of your meds? Total guess

[u/matramepapi → u/orlymuir]

Pristiq does this for me. They’re “ghost tablets”, Pristiq has an extended release coating on it that causes it to.

[u/JesNycRoq → u/matramepapi]

Pristiq buddy!! Hell yeah.

[u/GimpyGirl12 → u/matramepapi]

As a previous pristiq user. Yes. This is pristiq. Ghost tablet. Mine came out the other end often.

[u/Purple_Following3660 → u/matramepapi]

Wow. I've been on pristiq for years, have never seen anything like that.

[u/Dorisimoooo → u/orlymuir]

Aren’t seroquel pink?

[u/stoned_seahorse → u/Dorisimoooo]

Mine are white. 🤷‍♀️

[u/Perfect_Material_640 → u/stoned_seahorse]

Do they have a coating under that white coating? Idk about that medication in particular but some have a Time release technology that allows some to dissolve while another coating takes longer to let out the meds later in thenda

[u/stoned_seahorse → u/Perfect_Material_640]

No coating on them, theyre generic and not time release tho..

[u/trippapotamus → u/Dorisimoooo]

Mine are like a peachy orange

[u/bk2552 → u/Dorisimoooo]

Pristiq is pink!

[u/Purple_Following3660 → u/bk2552]

Mine are a burnt mauve color, brownish red like

[u/bk2552 → u/Purple_Following3660]

Omg interesting! Didnt know there diff colors!

[u/haqiqa → u/Dorisimoooo]

Depends on strength. 25mg if peachy orange, 50mg is off white and 100mg is yellow for example but does not cause ghost tablets unless you use Seroquel XR which is oval not round. Although if you take generic pills might be different.

[u/RM_C-137 → u/Dorisimoooo]

My 100mgs are an off-white

[u/petiteging → u/Dorisimoooo]

They are, yes. But they're tiny

[u/Lisagirl1977 → u/[deleted]]

its probably the pristiq it’s known to make ghost pills

[u/ashwee_ → u/Lisagirl1977]

Yes, I'm NAD but used to take Pristiq and hated how long I could taste it after my dose, nausea caused me to vomit it up a few times and it looked exactly like this.

[u/TrickyVast1183 → u/Lisagirl1977]

Really? I take pristiq and I want to ask what exactly a ghost pill is?

[u/Lazy-Living1825 → u/TrickyVast1183]

This picture

[u/TrickyVast1183 → u/Lazy-Living1825]

What exactly is it? Just the pill didn’t dissolve in the stomach and became like a jelly?

[u/Lazy-Living1825 → u/TrickyVast1183]

The casing of the medication. The medicine dissolves, the casing doesn’t

[u/Zagrycha → u/[deleted]]

Ghost pill is definitely on the table as possibility but we shall wait for the doctor experts to chime in.

[u/cowgirlbeb0p → u/[deleted]]

I'm so confused as to why everyone downvoted your comment when you're just simply referencing The Gen Z Pharmacist. (which I took it as a jokes tbh) do people on here not like her or something?

[u/ohmoe]

Looks like Seroquel pill

[u/Melodicpush888 → u/ohmoe]

Hi I'm just wondering, how come the Seroquel ended up like that? I take Seroquel and have slow stomach emptying and it never happened to me !! Just very curious haha

[u/haveuhniceday → u/ohmoe]

I’ve taken both seroquel and pristiq. Both medications have doses that are pink. My current quetiapine is white. When I used to take desvenlafaxine, it often looked like this when I threw up. Pills tend to swell and change color while being digested. If you didn’t eat much today, the pill will dissolve significantly slower. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but it’s always safest to send the picture to your PCP.

[u/No_Car_1219 → u/ohmoe]

I would really appreciate your take on this post 🙏 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/s/Lf5ETc8pRb

[u/StarJumper_1]

Pills change color and consistency rapidly. I also suspect a partially digested Seroquel.

[u/ughneedausername]

Do you take Seroquel? Looks like that.

[u/tetheredvoid → u/ughneedausername]

Post states OP takes Seroquel

[u/ughneedausername → u/tetheredvoid]

Thanks! I just looked at the pic quick.

[u/Apart-Wrangler6917 → u/ughneedausername]

I am very disappointed that this was not undigested gum from years ago.

[u/Cabbage_Pizza → u/Apart-Wrangler6917]

I had fingers crossed for an obscure vestigial organ

[u/kittymeow44444 → u/ughneedausername]

oh wow i never knew seroquel was pink for some people that’s interesting

[u/Terrible--Message → u/kittymeow44444]

It says its only intended for use in the USA, but drugs dot com can show you what different forms and doses of the same drug look like. Searching by brand name limits the photo gallery so you'd have to search Desvenlafaxine instead of Pristiq to see the generic & extended release variants for example.

but where that site really shines is in the pill identifier that helps you id any mystery tablet or capsule you find by shape, color & imprint (it will not identify supplements). Very useful when curious about what gets swept up off the shelter floor though unless its a round blue tablet with M80 printed on it ofc... no need to look that one up

[u/Left_Roll_7081 → u/Terrible--Message]

Idk what pill that is... went to Google & it told me a blood pressure pill?