Cortexa research tool·biomedical·rxnorm_extended

RxNorm Get Drug Info

Fetch comprehensive drug properties from NLM RxNorm by RXCUI or drug name. Returns the canonical name, term type (ingredient, brand name, clinical drug product, etc.), synonym, and language. Term types include IN (Ingredient/generic), BN (Brand Name), SCD (Semantic Clinical Drug = generic product with dose), SBD (Semantic Branded Drug). No API key required. Example: RXCUI 860975 -> '24 HR metformin hydrochloride 500 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet' (SCD).

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 105msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 105ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "drug_name": {
      "description": "Drug name to look up if RXCUI is not known. Will auto-resolve to RXCUI first.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "rxcui": {
      "description": "RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (e.g., '6809' for metformin, '11289' for warfarin). Use RxNorm_find_rxcui to obtain this.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default RxNorm Get Drug Info call

public-safeinput

{}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_RxNorm_get_drug_info
Tool name: RxNorm_get_drug_info
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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