Original data research from the PlainMeds editorial team. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded.
PlainMeds groups every FDA drug-recall action by severity class and therapeutic class, surfacing which kinds of medications are recalled most (ARBs lead, driven by the nitrosamine contamination recalls) with the recall-is-about-lots-not-prescriptions caveat stated plainly.
PlainMeds ranks the clinical side effects reported most often to the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) across every tracked medication, with the volume-is-not-incidence caveat stated plainly.
PlainMeds lists the most serious (major-severity) drug-drug interactions documented in FDA labeling, the medications most often involved, and how to check your own list, with the major-means-documented-risk-not-certain-harm caveat stated plainly.
PlainMeds ranks the FDA-recognized drug classes carrying the highest number of distinct drug entries in the PlainMeds reference catalogue, based on the drug_class column populated from openFDA data.
PlainMeds ranks active US drug shortages currently flagged by the FDA Drug Shortage Database, ordered by the number of distinct presentation entries reporting the shortage status.
PlainMeds ranks drugs in the catalogue where the brand-vs-generic price gap (savings percentage) is largest, using the most recent NADAC pricing benchmark.