Medical Review Process

What we do today

Every drug page on RxHelp is built and checked against structured data pulled directly from FDA drug labeling (via the openFDA API and DailyMed), not summarized secondhand. Where FDA label data is available for a drug, the uses, warnings, contraindications, and interactions shown come from that official source, lightly formatted for readability rather than rewritten into different claims. Prices are checked against the pharmacy data described in our methodology.

What we don't do (yet)

We want to be direct about this rather than implying more than is true: RxHelp does not currently have a named, licensed pharmacist or physician reviewing content before publication. Our review process today is "checked against official FDA/CDC/DailyMed sources," not "reviewed and signed off by Dr. [Name], PharmD" the way some larger, more established health sites can offer.

We think that distinction matters, and we'd rather state it clearly than dress up a sourcing discipline as a clinical review. As the site grows, adding a named, credentialed reviewer is something we're actively considering — this page will be updated the moment that changes, with that person's name and credentials, not folded in quietly.

Why this approach, for now

Antibiotic information changes slowly compared to, say, a specific dosing recommendation — indications, standard warnings, and interaction data drawn straight from FDA labeling are stable, citable facts. We built our sourcing discipline around ensuring every claim traces back to one of those primary sources specifically because we don't yet have a clinical reviewer as a second check — the primary-source requirement is our stand-in safeguard, not a replacement for one, and we treat it that way internally.

What to do if something looks wrong

If a warning, interaction, or price looks out of date or incorrect, please don't treat it as authoritative — check the "last updated" date on the page, cross-reference the linked source (usually DailyMed), and when in doubt, always defer to your pharmacist or prescriber over any consumer website, including this one.