# OpenFDA

This provider exposes tools and data accessible through its parent verticals. Use the example prompts as inspiration for your queries.

**Slug:** `openfda`

**Description:** Access U.S. FDA public health data including drug adverse events, drug labels, medical device reports, and recalls.

## Verticals

This provider is available in the following verticals:

- [Medical](https://kirha.com/verticals/medical.md)

## Example prompts (non-exhaustive)

- `Find adverse events reported for aspirin`
- `Search drug labels for metformin warnings`
- `Look up recent food recalls for salmonella`
- `Find 510k clearances for glucose monitors`
- `What are the most common adverse reactions for ibuprofen?`
- `Which reactions are disproportionately reported for atorvastatin?`

## Available tools in this provider

Open a tool to see its input and output schemas.

### [`searchDeviceAdverseEvents`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDeviceAdverseEvents.md)

Search U.S. medical device adverse event reports (MAUDE/MDR database). Returns reports of device malfunctions, injuries, and deaths associated with medical devices.

### [`getDrugAdverseEventCounts`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/getDrugAdverseEventCounts.md)

Frequency-ranked counts of FAERS (U.S. FDA) adverse-event reports for a drug. Use this, not searchDrugAdverseEvents, for quantitative 'how many / breakdown' questions.

### [`searchNdcDirectory`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchNdcDirectory.md)

Search the U.S. National Drug Code (NDC) directory for drug product information including brand/generic names, dosage forms, routes, and active ingredients.

### [`searchDrugAdverseEvents`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDrugAdverseEvents.md)

Search U.S. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) for drug safety reports. Returns adverse events associated with drugs including reactions, patient demographics, and seriousness.

### [`getDrugReactionDisproportionality`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/getDrugReactionDisproportionality.md)

FAERS (U.S. FDA) disproportionality signal screen for a drug: reactions ranked by signal strength with ROR, 95% CI, PRR and SDR flag. Use this, not getDrugAdverseEventCounts, when the question is whether a reaction is reported MORE than expected (a signal), not merely how many.

### [`searchFoodRecalls`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchFoodRecalls.md)

Search U.S. food enforcement reports and recalls. Find food product recalls by product, company, reason (e.g., salmonella, undeclared allergen), or classification.

### [`searchDrugRecalls`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDrugRecalls.md)

Search U.S. drug enforcement reports and recalls. Find drug product recalls by product, company, reason, or classification.

### [`searchDrugApprovals`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDrugApprovals.md)

Search Drugs@FDA, the FDA's official registry of approved drug applications (NDA, BLA, ANDA). Returns approval dates, application numbers, sponsors, marketing status, and submission history. Use this for FDA approval dates and regulatory status; prefer searchDrugLabels for prescribing information.

### [`searchDevice510k`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDevice510k.md)

Search U.S. 510(k) premarket notification clearances for medical devices. Find devices that have been cleared by FDA as substantially equivalent to predicate devices.

### [`searchDrugLabels`](https://kirha.com/providers/openfda/searchDrugLabels.md)

Search U.S. FDA drug labeling (SPL) including prescribing information, warnings, indications, and dosage. Returns structured product labels for prescription and OTC drugs.

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**Tags:** healthcare, fda, drugs, medical-devices, recalls

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