# Drugs.com API

> 4 public methods for Drugs.com (drugs.com), each 1 credit per completed run.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com

## Methods

### [Get drug overview](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/get-drug.md)

`drugs.com/get_drug`, read. Looks up a medicine by brand or generic name on Drugs.com and returns a plain-language overview: class, uses, availability, schedule, dosage forms, side effects, and pregnancy and breastfeeding notes.

Returns: name, generic name, brand names, drug class, uses, availability, schedule, dosage forms, side effects, pregnancy and breastfeeding notes, generic availability, page link

### [Get drug prices](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/get-drug-prices.md)

`drugs.com/get_drug_prices`, read. Gets the US cash prices Drugs.com lists for a brand or generic medicine by strength, dosage form and quantity, optionally filtered. Where a range is listed the lower price is returned.

Returns: medicine name, note, prices by strength, form and quantity with per-unit price and page link

### [Check drug interactions](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/check-drug-interactions.md)

`drugs.com/check_drug_interactions`, read. Checks 2 to 10 medicine names together on the Drugs.com interaction checker and returns drug-to-drug interactions and food or lifestyle warnings, most severe first, plus the names it could not recognise.

Returns: drug interactions with severity and explanation, food and lifestyle interactions, unrecognised names

### [Identify pill by imprint](https://fous.com/methods/drugs.com/identify-pill.md)

`drugs.com/identify_pill`, read. Finds possible pill matches on the Drugs.com pill identifier by imprint, optionally narrowed by color and shape, with each pill's labeler.

Returns: medicine name, strength, imprint, color, shape, manufacturer (labeler), pill image link, pill page link