💊 Drugs.com Scraper

Want drug listings and monographs from Drugs.com without paging through search results by hand? This scraper makes it easy.

Use the search bar, pick a medical condition or drug class from the full site catalogues — better for AI agents — or paste an input_url. You get clean CSV/JSON with ratings, Rx/OTC flags, pregnancy/CSA info, and full monograph details (description, warnings, side effects, related links).

💡 Perfect for...

• Researchers & students: Compare treatments for a condition or drug class.
• Health-tech builders: Structure Drugs.com pages for apps and datasets.
• 🤖 AI Agents: Structured filters (search_input, condition, drug_class) beat brittle URL crafting.
• 📚 RAG Systems: Feed descriptions, warnings, and side-effect blurbs into retrieval pipelines.
• 🔗 AI Workflows: Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

✨ Why you'll love this scraper

• 🔗 Input URL or Filters: Paste a search, condition, class, or drug page (input_url), or use structured filters.
• 🎯 Full catalogues: Dropdowns for ~2,100 medical conditions and ~490 drug classes — same coverage as the site A–Z / class indexes.
• 🔍 Search bar parity: search_input maps to the Drugs.com search box.
• ↕️ Sort: Popularity, drug name, rating, or reviews (condition & class listings).
• 🧾 Full details by default: Every result is enriched from the drug page — generic/brand names, availability, description, warnings, side effects, and related links.

📦 What's inside the data?

For every drug / result, you will get:

• Core: name, url, generic_name, brand_names, drug_class, result_type, source
• Listing signals: rating, reviews_count, activity_pct, rx_otc, pregnancy, csa, alcohol
• Monograph: pronunciation, dosage_forms, availability, pregnancy_lactation, csa_schedule, description, warnings, side_effects
• Extras: ratings, related_links, snippet (search), condition / drug_class_slug / sort when applicable

🚀 Quick start

Option A — Search

1. Set search_input (e.g. ibuprofen).
2. Set max_items and click Start.

Option B — Condition or drug class

1. Pick a condition (e.g. Sinusitis) or drug_class (e.g. NSAIDs).
2. Optionally set sort (popularity / rating / reviews / drug name).
3. Start the run.

Option C — Input URL

1. Open a Drugs.com search, condition, class, or drug page.
2. Paste the URL into input_url.
3. Start.

Export CSV, Excel, or JSON when done.

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Tech details for developers 🧑‍💻

Inputs

Field	Description
input_url	Optional Drugs.com search / condition / class / drug URL
search_input	Free-text search (site search bar)
condition	Medical condition slug (full dropdown)
drug_class	Pharmacological class slug (full dropdown)
sort	popularity | drug | rating | reviews
max_items	Cap results (1–2000, default 50)

Priority: input_url → search_input → condition → drug_class.

Input Example (search):

{
  "search_input": "ibuprofen",
  "max_items": 50
}

Input Example (condition + sort):

{
  "condition": "sinusitis",
  "sort": "rating",
  "max_items": 100
}

Input Example (drug class):

{
  "drug_class": "nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-agents",
  "sort": "reviews",
  "max_items": 50
}

Input Example (drug URL):

{
  "input_url": "https://www.drugs.com/ibuprofen.html"
}

Output Example:

{
  "name": "Ibuprofen",
  "url": "https://www.drugs.com/ibuprofen.html",
  "rating": 7.3,
  "reviews_count": 246,
  "rx_otc": "Rx/OTC",
  "pregnancy": "C",
  "csa": "N",
  "generic_name": "ibuprofen",
  "brand_names": "Advil, Genpril, IBU, Midol IB, Motrin IB",
  "drug_class": "Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs)",
  "availability": "Rx and/or OTC",
  "description": "Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body.",
  "warnings": "Ibuprofen can increase your risk of fatal heart attack or stroke...",
  "side_effects": "Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction...",
  "related_links": [
    { "label": "Side Effects", "url": "https://www.drugs.com/sfx/ibuprofen-side-effects.html" },
    { "label": "Pregnancy", "url": "https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/ibuprofen.html" }
  ],
  "result_type": "condition_drug",
  "condition": "pain",
  "source": "drugs.com"
}