Why this matters
Medication information changes. Labels are updated, warnings are added, new evidence appears, and recommendations shift. A medication reference is only useful if it's honest about that, and visibly maintained. This page explains how PsychiatryRx handles corrections and updates, and how you can report something that looks wrong.
What each page tells you about its currency
Every medication guide, comparison, drug-class overview, and how-to on PsychiatryRx shows:
- A medical reviewer name.
- A last-reviewed date, which is the date the page was most recently checked against current sources and updated if needed. The last-reviewed date covers both the publication date for new pages and the most recent update for existing ones, and it advances whenever sources are re-checked or content is changed.
- The plain-language sources that informed it.
If a page doesn't show a current last-reviewed date, treat it as out of date and confirm anything important with your prescriber or with the FDA label.
Types of changes we make
We distinguish four kinds of changes, and we handle them differently.
Typo or formatting fixes. Small, non-substantive edits. We make these silently and don't change the last-reviewed date.
Factual corrections. A statement was wrong, incomplete, or misleading. We fix it, update the last-reviewed date, and note the correction in our internal change log. If the error was material to a clinical decision, we add a short visible note on the page until the next full review.
Evidence updates. New labeling, a new guideline, a meaningful new study, or a withdrawn recommendation. We update the affected sections, refresh the last-reviewed date, and refresh the sources list.
Publication updates. Larger rewrites for clarity, structure, or scope. We update the last-reviewed date and the sources list.
How a correction is processed
When a possible error is reported, the editor reads the report, pulls the current FDA label and any relevant guideline, and compares them with the page. If a correction is warranted, the page is updated and re-reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, before the change goes live.
How to report something
The fastest way to report a possible error is by email to support@psychiatryrx.org. It helps if you include:
- The page URL.
- The sentence or section you are concerned about.
- A source you are comparing it to, if you have one.
You don't have to be a clinician to report something. Plain-language reports are welcome, and we read every one.
What we won't do
We won't change a page to make a medication, a class, or a provider look better or worse than the evidence supports. We won't remove a warning because it's uncomfortable. Editorial decisions about content stay with the medical editor, not with anyone with a financial interest in the topic.