Safety
If this is an emergency
If you think you or someone else may be having a medical emergency — for example severe difficulty breathing, chest pain, signs of a stroke, a serious allergic reaction, or thoughts of harming yourself — call your local emergency number now. Do not wait for information from this site.
Evidence Health is a health-information tool. It helps you understand the evidence behind medicines so you can have better conversations with your clinician. It is not a doctor.
What it will not do
- It will not diagnose you from symptoms.
- It will not prescribe, or tell you to start, stop, double or change a medicine.
- It will not calculate a personal dose.
- It will not tell you a medicine is “safe for you” — only a clinician who knows your history can judge that.
- It will not replace emergency services or a professional assessment.
How we handle risk
Serious information is surfaced, not buried. Boxed warnings — the most serious warnings a label carries — appear at the top of a medicine’s page, and active recalls are flagged clearly. Where a situation calls for extra care, such as pregnancy or high-risk medicines, the aim is to point you toward a clinician or pharmacist rather than to reassure you.
Reported side effects are a signal, not a rate
When we show reactions people have reported, those are voluntary reports to regulators. A high count can reflect how widely a medicine is used, not how dangerous it is, and a report does not prove the medicine caused the reaction. Treat it as a prompt to ask questions, not a verdict.
Always confirm with a professional
Bring what you learn here to your doctor or pharmacist. They can weigh it against your own health, your other medicines, and your history — which this site cannot see and is not designed to.