Medical review

Who is the medical reviewer?

Not yet appointed. We are recruiting a Philippine-licensed physician, ideally a urologist, to review the site. Until then, every page shows "Pending: licensed PH physician" in its byline rather than a name we cannot stand behind.

When the reviewer is appointed, this section will show:

• Their full name, as registered with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
• Their PRC license number.
• Their specialty and any board certification, with the certifying society named.
• Where they practise, in general terms (city and type of practice).
• A short biography written in the third person.
• Any financial relationship they have with a pharmaceutical company, pharmacy or telehealth service.

Pages reviewed before the appointment will be re-reviewed by them, and the "last reviewed" date on each page will change only when that review is done.

How can I verify a reviewer's PRC license?

The PRC runs a public license verification service at verification.prc.gov.ph. Choose the profession (physician), enter the name or license number, and the service shows whether the license is registered and valid.

We will publish the license number exactly as the PRC records it, so the search should match. If it does not, or if the license shows as expired, please tell us through our contact page and we will take the reviewer's name off every page until it is resolved.

What does the reviewer check?

The review runs as a checklist on each page:

1. Clinical accuracy. Statements about causes, how medicines work, side effects and who should not use them match current guidance from bodies such as the American Urological Association and the European Association of Urology, and the approved product information.
2. Safety information. Medicine, brand and price pages carry the full safety box: nitrates, a recent heart attack or stroke, severe heart disease, and urgent care for an erection lasting over 4 hours or for sudden loss of vision or hearing.
3. No dosing advice. Pages may list the strengths a medicine comes in; they never say how much to use or how often. The reviewer flags anything that reads like an instruction.
4. Sources. Every clinical claim traces to a listed source, and the source says what we say it says.
5. Tone. Nothing shaming, sexual or alarmist, and nothing that overstates what a medicine or supplement can do.

If the reviewer asks for a change, the page is edited and re-checked before the review date is updated.

What does the reviewer not do?

• No endorsements. The reviewer never recommends a brand, pharmacy, clinic or telehealth service, and is never quoted doing so. Pages may compare products and providers on published criteria; that comparison is editorial, not the reviewer's personal recommendation.
• No prices. Prices are checked by the editorial team from pharmacy listings, as described in our sources and methodology. You can see every dated row on the prices page. The reviewer does not set or check them.
• No personal advice. The reviewer does not answer readers' medical questions through the site.
• No ghost-writing. The reviewer reviews; they are not presented as the author of pages they did not write.

How often are pages reviewed?

• Before publishing: every new medical page.
• Every 12 months: every published page, at minimum.
• Every 6 months: medicine, brand and price pages, because product information and registrations change more often.
• Straight away: when the FDA Philippines issues a relevant safety advisory, when a major guideline changes, or when a reader reports an error that affects safety.

The date in the byline at the top of each page is the date of its last completed medical review.

How do conflicts of interest work?

The site's consultation button routes to a partner telehealth service, and the site may be paid for those referrals in future, as explained on our about page. The reviewer will be paid for their review time only, not per referral, and their fee will not depend on what any page says about any provider. Any other link the reviewer has to a provider, pharmacy or drug company will be listed in their profile above.

Found an error?

Write to us through the contact page with the page address and what you think is wrong. Safety-related reports are handled first. Corrections are logged as set out in our editorial policy.

Want an answer for your own situation? Talk to a licensed doctor online. It is private, and the doctor decides what, if anything, suits you.