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Questions tagged [openfda]

Questions and answers surrounding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's OpenFDA program.

This tag is for questions relating to any of the developer resources offered at Open.FDA.gov, especially the API program.

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Wildcard searches

First time using the OpenFDA API. It seems like wildcards are not permitted in queries, so I was curious how one might go about generating data such as the count of specific AEs by generic_name of the medication?
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Search for deaths by a specific drug

I am not a programmer, so I am trying to understand the search methods to use when looking at OpenFDA. I am currently using the generic form for Reported Reactions. How do you get more the 10 adverse events and how do you get deaths to show up?
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OpenFDA: Why is the database updated infrequently, given that recall notices are pretty time sensitive . . . and when is it likely to get improved?

For instance, last update to their database was on 01. of May. But on other pages I could find two reports that were published in May. So the newest report from their api that I could get is from April. They issue reports weekly. So in this case the…
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Multiple attributes available in a single OpenFDA query

Can I pull a single query that counts & breaks down adverse events reported for multiple attributes such as by year and by drug and by manufacturer? I've had success pulling counts by individual (single) attributes by playing around with the Count…
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Determining if drug is generic or brand using NDC

Is there a way to determine if a drug is generic or brand by passing in an NDC (National Drug Code) to the drug label endpoint (https://api.fda.gov/drug/label)?
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openFDA endpoints not updated in over 2 months. Has this project been abandoned?

We are specifically interested in the "Devices › Adverse Events" data which until recently seemed to get updated monthly, usually within 2 weeks of the end of the month. We realize that this is a beta project, but would like to know when we can…
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Big Data Neophyte Trying To Work With FDA Data -- Any kind souls out there willing to help?

Question #1 -- We are trying the get the data currently in table form out of this online database and into a spreadsheet. The end game is a postal mailing list/sales contact list. So we're looking for first, last, title, company, addresses1,…
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Is there an easy way to access medical device approvals beyond recently-approved devices?

Is there an easy way to access medical device approvals? (Including being able to sort the approvals by manufacturer?) Currently you are able to view "recently-approved devices." Hoping to be able to access approvals beyond just recent ones.
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Is it possible to receive complaint count in monthly format?

I'm currently using the following function to get complaints on certain drugs over time. However, the output gives me the number of reported complaints on a daily basis. It would help me a great deal if I could get the number of reported complaints…
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open.fda.gov JSON search terms

I am interested in finding a list of valid search terms for the JSON query tool. The query syntax examples are clear, but knowing what terms to use with the syntax remains a mystery. Is there a listing of "topics" to use with the open.fda.gov data…
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OpenFDA API : can we count on several fields?

Is it possible to get counts nested by 2 fields ? For example adverse events by patient sex and reaction type. The result would be something like a 2 dim array. edit (since this account doesn't have enough reputation to comment on my own question) -…
Etienne Ramstein
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Hazard and NIOSH Code and Information for Prescription Drugs

Is there an API endpoint via OpenFDA or some other source that will give me Hazard and NIOSH codes for a specific drug based on an NDC number or some other code? For example, the drug WARFARIN SODIUM- warfarin tablet has a NIOSH code of NT3.
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Query OpenFDA by UPC

I am trying to query OpenFDA by UPC but the API keeps returning "No Matched Found". I assume this works in the same way as product NDC, which is returning as expected when I try something like…
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Endpoint not returning expected data based on NDC package code

I recently stumbled upon openFDA and it seems to be the perfect answer for relaying drug brand name information to our users based on a provided NDC code. The issue I am running into however is that majority of the searches I am doing keep turning…
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openFDA - update notice:: further clarification

A little more clarification, please. I see the Q/A here openFDA endpoints not updated in over 2 months. Has this project been abandoned? regarding the bug and update status. Did the bug and will future fixes also relate to the values of the tags…
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