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How DailyMed Lets You Retrieve a Past Drug Label Version
DailyMed identifies each label by a setid plus version number and lets you download any prior version's file individually from its archive listing.
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What matters now
- DailyMed pairs a stable setid with a numbered version, tracked in a labeling-archive listing on each drug's record.
- Every listed prior version has its own downloadable file, reached via a getArchivalFile.cfm?archive_id= link.
- On one Atorvastatin Calcium Tablet record, the page states 'Number of versions: 18' while the highest version number shown is 20.
- The same record lists two different dates, May 20 and May 18, 2026, both marked version 19.
- The page states no rule for why the count and highest version differ, or why a version number repeats.
The DailyMed record examined here identifies the label with a setid and displays a numbered labeling-archive listing. Listed archive files use a getArchivalFile.cfm?archive_id= link (DailyMed archives index).
This original record-reading guide is a general reading aid, not cited evidence. It does not depict a source record; the article text and source links provide the facts.
Key points
- The examined DailyMed drug record uses a
setidand displays numbered entries in its labeling-archive listing (DailyMed drug record). - Every prior version listed in that archive has its own individually downloadable file, retrieved through a
getArchivalFile.cfm?archive_id=link (DailyMed archives index). - On one real record — Atorvastatin Calcium Tablet, ScieGen Pharmaceuticals (
setid=f2d8b5e9-6ff2-4efa-ab01-e13df29f7371) — the page states “Number of versions: 18” (DailyMed drug record), while the highest version number shown on the same page is 20, in the row “Aug 31, 2026 — 20 (current)” (same record). - Two different dates on that same record carry the identical version number: “May 20, 2026 — 19” and “May 18, 2026 — 19” (same record).
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On the Atorvastatin Calcium Tablet (ScieGen Pharmaceuticals) record, the setid appears in the record URL and the archive listing includes dated, numbered entries such as “Sep 11, 2025 — 18” (DailyMed drug record).
Past version downloads
Each archived version listed on a DailyMed record links to its own file. The download mechanism uses a getArchivalFile.cfm?archive_id= link (DailyMed archives index), so a reader who wants version 18, version 19, or any other listed version selects the row for that specific version and date, rather than downloading a single combined history file.
Count and version divergence
On the Atorvastatin Calcium Tablet (ScieGen Pharmaceuticals) record, the page reports “Number of versions: 18” (DailyMed drug record) as a summary figure, but the archive listing on the same page reaches a higher number: “Aug 31, 2026 — 20 (current)” (same record). A reader who expects the “Number of versions” figure to match the highest version number in the list will find, on this record, that it does not.
The same listing also shows two separate dated rows sharing one version number: “May 20, 2026 — 19” and “May 18, 2026 — 19” (same record). Both facts are drawn directly from this one record as a concrete illustration of how the labeling-archive listing displays; they are not presented as a general rule for how DailyMed numbers versions across other drugs.
What this article does not answer
This article does not explain why a version number would repeat on two different dates, or why the “Number of versions” count and the highest version number shown can differ — the cited record states no rule for either pattern. It does not describe label content, what changed between versions, or any individual treatment decision.