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I'd like to integrate boxed warning information from SPL with the Pillbox Engine so Pillbox users and developers can 1) know when a product has a boxed warning and 2) have access to the boxed warning text.

I haven't been able to determine the syntax to provide a set_id and receive the boxed_warning text, if it exists for that label.

To start, this call returns a label with a boxed_warning, but it appears to have a different set_id.

https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?search=exists:boxed_warning+AND+set_id=3af2e694-6fea-46cf-b680-9ee0b0c83c88

 "spl_set_id": [
      "3fcabf90-357a-4a06-b680-9572dc28bcfe"
    ],
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You are pretty close, you just have a syntax error on the query that is getting interpreted as a search string: it should be +AND+set_id: not +AND+set_id=

Also, that particular set_id does not have a boxed_warning so it will not return anything.

The following query confirm the syntax and that the example is missing a boxed_warning.

https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?search=missing:boxed_warning+AND+set_id:3af2e694-6fea-46cf-b680-9ee0b0c83c88

Hope that helps.

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  • Thank you, Hans. I'm still confused by certain issues. Now that I've had mote time to think, I realize the query cannot include "missing" or exists" when referencing the boxed_warning, because the user will not know if it exists. Also, I'm unsure why my query returns a label with a different set_id. Testing this I found this query also return a different label and says there are 52 matches. api.fda.gov/drug/…
    – David Hale
    Apr 20, 2015 at 17:27
  • This is another setid= vs setid: issue. This is the query you want: api.fda.gov/drug/…
    – Matt Mohebbi
    Apr 22, 2015 at 20:48
  • Let us know if this doesn't make sense!
    – Matt Mohebbi
    Apr 22, 2015 at 20:56
  • Thanks for clarifying, Matt. This is great! Is it possible to limit the results to a single, specified section, such as "boxed warning"?
    – David Hale
    May 18, 2015 at 17:43

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