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Compare medicine side effects across common medical sources.

One search instead of fifteen tabs. Source-cited. Take it to your doctor.

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Information, not advice. We never tell you what to do. We help you ask better questions.

What people who've used MedSideInfo say

Great handy tool for a quick check when in doubt. All info at one place helps a lot.
Anand R.
Caregiver
Find the site interesting. Liked the feature of voice generation of side effects. Info provided is from trusted resources.
Prakash S.
Family reviewer
The key with yours versus traditional chatbot wrappers is they have a higher chance of hallucinations — the answer being sourced makes it more likely to be correct.
Nikhit Y.
Technical reviewer

Some of the sources we cross-reference

Mayo ClinicNIHMedlinePlusDrugs.comFDANHSCleveland ClinicPubMedHealthlineWebMD

How it works

  1. 1

    Type a medicine

    Brand name, generic name, or even a misspelling. We resolve it to the official drug.

  2. 2

    We check 8+ sources

    Mayo, NIH, Drugs.com, FDA, NHS, Cleveland Clinic, and more. In parallel, in seconds.

  3. 3

    You get a unified, cited table

    Side effects grouped by frequency, with the exact quote that backed each one and a link to the source page.

More than a search box

Side-effect comparison is the door in. Once you're inside, MedSideInfo also helps you keep track of what your family takes, notice problems early, and turn a label into a structured answer.

  • Medicine cabinet

    Save the medicines you and your family take. Get unified side-effect views across the whole list and notice overlap before your doctor visit.

  • FDA recall alerts

    Cross-reference what you save against the FDA recall feed. If a drug in your cabinet is recalled, the cabinet surfaces it on the next open.

  • Symptom check

    Describe what you're noticing. We surface which medicine in your cabinet is most likely associated with that effect — with the verbatim quote that backs it.

  • Risk groups

    Many side effects show up disproportionately in elderly, pregnant, renal-impaired, or pediatric users. We surface those demographic notes alongside the effect.

  • Listen and speak

    Hear any side-effect list read aloud, or search by speaking the medicine name. Useful when caring for someone who can't read a screen comfortably, or when your hands are busy.

  • Scan a label

    Snap a photo of a prescription label, leaflet, or pill bottle. We extract the drug name and run the same cross-reference, so you don't have to type it.

  • Customize your sources

    Prefer not to use WebMD? Want NHS first? Reorder, override our tiers, or add domains we don't cover yet. Your preferences are yours alone.

Who it's for

Caregivers. Parents. Individuals. Anyone managing meds for themselves or someone they care for.

Why we built this

When a parent gets a new prescription, the question isn't “is this drug safe?” — it's “what should I watch for?” The answer lives across a dozen reference sites that all phrase it differently. We pull from those sites so you can spend the time noticing, not the time searching.