You have probably read it or heard it when a controversial drug hits the market - "they were approved but require postmarketing safety studies". And then you don't hear about the drug for awhile, until it either gets surpassed by a competitor or kills someone.

Well, the FDA does require postmarketing studies and reporting, and they make the results and warnings provided by them available to the public. Where? you might ask...well I ran across one such page today and wanted to share. 

It's here.

And look at all those red asterisks. The list is of drugs with ongoing safety monitoring (could be completely innocent, for good measure, or not). The asterisks? Those are drugs with safety alerts. That page is your door to knowing which FDA-approved drugs have safety issues.

Some of it is old - from 2005 - but it is interesting to say the least.