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FDA API

FDA (fda.gov) has 5 public methods: search drug recalls, search food recalls, get drug label, get reported side effects and search medical device recalls. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

5

  • Search drug recalls

    Finds FDA drug enforcement recalls by medicine or company name, newest first, with status, class, reason and quantity. Recent recalls may not yet appear.

    Returns product description, company, start date, reason, class, status, distribution, quantity, recall number, FDA link

    Readopen.fda.gov/search_drug_recalls

  • Search food recalls

    Finds FDA food recall enforcement reports by product, brand, or allergen, newest first. Reports are updated weekly and recall statuses may lag.

    Returns product, company, start date, reason, seriousness, status, distribution, record link

    Readopen.fda.gov/search_food_recalls

  • Get drug label

    Finds the latest FDA drug label for a brand or generic medicine and returns its uses, directions, warnings, ingredients and a DailyMed link.

    Returns brand and generic name, manufacturer, type, uses, directions, boxed warning, warnings, side effects, pregnancy information, effective date, DailyMed link

    Readopen.fda.gov/get_drug_label

  • Get reported side effects

    Lists the most frequently reported reaction terms for a brand or generic medicine in FDA adverse-event reports, with counts and the share of all matching reports. Reports do not establish causation.

    Returns total reports, serious percent, reaction terms with counts and shares, FDA result links

    Readopen.fda.gov/get_reported_side_effects

  • Search medical device recalls

    Finds FDA medical device recalls whose product description or recalling company matches a phrase, newest first, with the recall class and its health-risk meaning from each FDA recall page. An optional start date limits recalls to those initiated on or after it.

    Returns device name, company, recall date, reason, seriousness (recall class), status, what to do, recall number, product code, FDA page link

    Readfda.gov/search_device_recalls