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MedData API
Drug & supplement interaction data from one API
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Drug & supplement interaction data from one API
5 followers
One REST API for drug search, supplement lookup, and interaction checking. Instead of integrating three government databases (openFDA, RxNorm, NIH ODS), you make one call for clean JSON. Covers drug-drug interactions (FDA labels plus a curated major set), 250+ drug-supplement pairs from NIH, and supplement profiles. A unified endpoint auto-classifies each item and checks all pairs. All data from free government sources. Nothing generated or inferred. Free tier: 250 calls/mo; paid from $29/mo.
Hey Product Hunt! I'm the developer behind MedData API.
I started this project because I was building a patient-facing health app and needed drug interaction data. The data exists for free in government databases, but it's spread across three different agencies with three different formats. I spent weeks writing integration code before I could build any actual features.
The commercial alternatives (DrugBank, Lexicomp, etc.) are great, but they start at $500+/month. For an early-stage project, that's a tough pill to swallow. (Sorry.)
So I built MedData API to be the middle ground: authoritative data from government sources, packaged in a developer-friendly REST API with fair pricing.
A few things I'm proud of:
- Unified interaction checker - pass in a mix of drugs and supplements like ?items=warfarin,aspirin,Fish Oil and it auto-classifies each item and checks all pairwise interactions. No need to pre-sort your inputs.
- Three-tier caching - Redis, then Postgres, then upstream APIs. First request for a drug takes ~1s. Every request after that: <50ms.
- Batch endpoints - check up to 50 interaction pairs in a single API call.
- Honest data sourcing - drug-drug interactions come from FDA structured product labels (openFDA) plus a curated set of major interactions; drug-supplement interactions from the NIH. I don't generate or infer interactions. When you're dealing with patient safety, making things up is not an option.
Try it live without signing up: https://anthesia.io/meddata/demo. Or test every endpoint in the interactive docs: https://meddata.anthesia.io/docs. It's also live on RapidAPI if you'd rather manage your key and billing through a marketplace: https://rapidapi.com/anthesiallc...
I'd love to hear what features or data sources would be most useful for your projects. And the standard disclaimer: this is informational data, not medical advice.