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Quiz Tests Knowledge of Prescription Drug Side Effects

A free daily online quiz asks players to spot the one real FDA-listed side effect among four options for each of five prescription drugs.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Diabetes

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The FDA-based quiz Your Side Effects May Include asks players to identify one real label-listed side effect among four options for five prescription drugs each day. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Live Poll

Do you usually read the side-effect information on your prescription labels?

Your Side Effects May Include launched a free, ad-supported daily online quiz that shows players five prescription drugs, each with four possible side effects, only one of which appears on the drug's FDA label. Answers are checked against current labels using the FDA's openFDA database, and each answer links to the full label on DailyMed.

Why it matters

The quiz is designed to help people recognize medication side effects so they can contact a doctor or pharmacist sooner. It offers a no-sign-up, roughly two-minute way for the public to practice reading drug labels.

Each daily quiz draws on five prescription drugs with four listed side effects apiece, and the correct answer is verified against current FDA labels. The stub does not report any usage figures or outcome measures showing whether players retain the information.

The players

Your Side Effects May Include

A free online quiz platform focused on prescription drug side effects, built around FDA label data and linking players to full DailyMed labels.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The federal agency that approves prescription drug labeling, whose label data underlies the quiz's answer checks through the openFDA database.

The details

Players choose which side effect they believe is real, then see the label's exact wording, a practical tip, and a link to the full label. The quiz is free, ad-supported, takes about two minutes, requires no sign-up, and a new quiz appears every day at midnight. Quiz Archive and Challenge a friend features were added this month.

Timeline

  1. September 2026: the site launched as a free daily prescription side effect quiz.

  2. November 5, 2026: a press release announced the quiz and its new features.

  3. November 2026: Quiz Archive and Challenge a friend features were added.

  4. Midnight daily: a new quiz appears each day.

Health Landscape

The quiz uses DailyMed, the National Library of Medicine's database of current FDA drug labels, to convert dense label text into a consumer-facing exercise. It extends a resource that clinicians and pharmacists typically consult into a format the general public can use.

Readers can use the quiz to practice recognizing which side effects are actually listed on a prescription drug's label, which may help them notice symptoms sooner. Each answer links to the full label so users can read the complete list of warnings for medications they take.

The takeaway

Knowing which side effects appear on a drug's official label is a practical step toward catching problems early. Reading the full label, available through DailyMed, can help you bring specific questions to your doctor or pharmacist.

Further reading

For related coverage, browse Diabetes news and guides on the site.

Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.

Live Poll

Do you usually read the side-effect information on your prescription labels?