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# Study Finds Better Adverse Events Filed by Consumers
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/study-finds-better-adverse-events-filed-by-consumers/
- Published: 2019-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T01:47:38.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5144921

An [new study](https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18759114?ref=fdaweb.com) in the *Pharmacotherap*y journal by CDER drug safety officials and academic researchers suggests that FDA’s move to a consumer-friendly adverse event reporting form has “contributed positively to both the quality and quantity of consumer reports.” The move to the consumer voluntary reporting form (ConVR) occurred in 2013, and before that both consumers and healthcare professionals (HCP) used the same general voluntary reporting (GVR) form.

The study performed a “descriptive analysis” of consumer and HCP reports received at the agency from 1/1/2011 to 12/31/2015, according to the journal article. “Consumer reports submitted on the ConVR generally included more patient, product, and event data in the structured data fields than those submitted on the GVR,” it says. “Fields with the greatest absolute percentage difference after the ConVR was introduced included race/ethnicity (+77.2%), product start and stop dates (+43%, +40.3%), dechallenge and rechallenge information (+19%, +29.4%), and medical history (+27%).”