Every figure on this site has a primary source.

Regulatory & clinical

• openFDA — drug labels API (daily) — used for indications, mechanism, dosing, warnings, brand/generic names, approval year.
• DailyMed (NLM) — used as the canonical human-readable FDA label link from every drug profile.
• FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) (daily) — used for side-effect frequency signals. Disclosure: FAERS is voluntary, not population-level.
• ClinicalTrials.gov — used for NCT identifiers when a study is referenced.
• PubMed — used to link published trial outcomes.

Patient experience

• Public Reddit threads (via the Reddit data API) — used for community sentiment and patient quotes. Quotes carry subreddit and post-age attribution.
• DrugNote structured reviews — submitted directly by users, moderated before publication.

Drug class & pharmacology

• WHO ATC classification — used to group drugs by therapeutic class.
• FDA label “Mechanism of Action” sections — quoted directly where available.

What we do not use

• Manufacturer-supplied marketing copy.
• Patient testimonials sourced from anonymous review sites without thread context.
• AI-generated medical content.

Reporting a source error

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