Our Editorial Process – Sources and Limits

Why this page exists

There is a great deal written about these drugs online and a fair amount of it is wrong. So that you can judge our pages for yourself, here is how they are put together — stated openly rather than buried in a footer.

Where the information comes from

The published product information from manufacturers, and publicly accessible drug databases maintained by public institutions. Where we have used such a source for a product, it is linked at the foot of that product's page.

Details on active ingredient, dosing, contraindications and interactions come from those documents. We do not add to them, and where a source is silent on something, we leave it out rather than fill the gap.

What we leave out deliberately

Invented customer testimonials. Fictional doctors or pharmacists said to have reviewed the content. Statistics with no origin. Percentages chosen because they sound persuasive.

All of those make a page feel more trustworthy, which is exactly why they are a problem. We do without them.

How the pages are kept current

Product information changes — new warnings appear, dosing advice is revised, interactions are recognised. We check the pages against the sources at intervals and adjust what has moved.

Where a review date exists, it is shown at the foot of the page, so you can see how fresh the information is.

What these pages cannot do

They cannot examine you. They do not know what else you take, what your blood pressure is, or how your liver and kidneys are functioning — and those are the things that decide whether a drug is suitable for you.

So every page says where asking a professional is the right move. On a few products it says that self-treatment is not advisable at all. That is meant literally.

Found an error?

Tell us. If something is wrong, out of date or badly worded, we would rather know and fix it. A short note through the contact form is enough.