Why you will not find brand names in the statistics
Last checked against the FDA pages:
The openFDA records give the value "MSK" for the brand name and for the manufacturer name of each drug. FDA says that MSK means "masked". So the site cannot count a report for a brand.
MSK is a null flavor that means "masked." MSK is used when there is information available for the value, but it has not been provided to the sender due to security, privacy, or other reasons.
openFDA. Source: Animal and Veterinary Adverse Events, Searchable Fields
The site did not look for the brand in any other field of a record. No count, sign, chart or page is for a brand, a company or an application. The site read the openFDA page on .
What the records give
Each drug in a report has its active ingredients. So the site counts by active ingredient.
- A drug page covers one set of active ingredients. The site has 367 drug pages with 50 reports or more. A set can be one ingredient or a combination.
- A page for all combinations counts one active ingredient alone and in every combination. The site makes such a page only when it adds to the drug pages.
The site matches the ingredient field of a record with the names of the Green Book and a short list of other substances. It ignores brand names that a reporter typed in that field.
Where brand names are
- In the Green Book section of a drug page, with the sponsor, the species and the application number. That section has no count.
- On the list of brand names. Each name opens the page of its active ingredients.
- In the search box. A brand name finds the page of its active ingredients.
What this means for a page
- A count for an active ingredient covers every product with that ingredient. This includes products of every company and every strength.
- Two products with the same ingredient can differ in dose form, strength and species. The public data cannot separate them.
- The ingredient field is filled in by the person who sends the report. It can be incomplete.
The label of a product and a veterinarian are the sources for one product. To report a problem with one product, see how to report.