Pliva 430 - Metoclopramide

In fact, the medication distributed as Reglan or Maxolon is internationally known as Metoclopramide. Different pharmaceutical companies may distribute their products under various brand names. Anyway, the essential thing is the active ingredient in the drug. Name brands may change from country to country but the medicine remains the same. Pliva, Inc. manufactures its own generic version of Metoclopramide in pills of two strengths (5mg and 10mg). PLIVA 430 is 10mg pill. The pill is little, white and round, with "PLIVA 430" index debossed on one side. The other side is scored, with no letters or numbers. Metoclopramide is mainly used for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as a gastrointestinal stimulant and antinauseant.

Pliva Pills Identification

• What is "Pliva"? Is it a special drug?

No, it is not a drug. PLIVA, Inc. is the name of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a great variety of different drugs.

• Are all PLIVA pills different medications?

Most of them are different. But you may often find the same drugs under different PLIVA indexes because Pliva, Inc. manufactures some of them in different strengths.

• If I find several pills indexed with "PLIVA" letters, how do I tell one from another?

You only have to know the number debossed or imprinted on the pill. In PLIVA listing, different medicines (or strengths) are indexed with different numbers.

As the information on some medications is not always easily available, we hope this blog can be useful for those who try to identify their pills without making any extra effort. We are doing our best to make pills identification as simple as possible.

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