RxList Drug Information Scraper

Free plan limit: Free-plan users can receive up to 5 result records per run. Paid-plan and local/unknown runs retain the Actor's existing limits.

Scrape public RxList drug monographs for research, medical-content indexing, medication reference datasets, and agent workflows. The Actor returns one structured record per validated monograph.

What it extracts

Field	Description
drugName, genericName	Brand/page name and related generic name when RxList exposes it
drugClass	Drug classification from page metadata when available
lastReviewed, reviewedBy	Review metadata from the page's structured data
sections	Available text for description, uses, dosage, side effects, interactions, warnings, precautions, overdose, contraindications, clinical pharmacology, and patient information
sourceUrl, canonicalUrl	Public source and canonical page URLs

Input

Use drugNames for names such as Ativan, Eliquis, or Prozac. Use startUrls for exact public pages such as https://www.rxlist.com/ativan-drug.htm; exact URLs replace names. maxResults caps output records and result events.

Example:

{
  "drugNames": ["Ativan", "Eliquis"],
  "maxResults": 2
}

Output

Each dataset item has a stable recordId, page metadata, and a sections object. Run diagnostics are stored in the SUMMARY and OUTPUT key-value records.

{
  "drugName": "Ativan",
  "genericName": "Lorazepam",
  "drugClass": "Anxiolytics, Benzodiazepines",
  "sectionNames": ["description", "uses", "dosage", "warnings"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.rxlist.com/ativan-drug.htm"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify Store event prices:

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
apify-default-dataset-item	$0.01	Drug monograph — One validated RxList drug-information record written to the default dataset.
apify-actor-start	$0.01	Actor Start — Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). — Charged once per run.

Apify platform usage for this Actor run is included alongside the event prices above; no separate per-run platform-usage fee is passed to users.

This covers Apify platform usage for this Actor run. Other Apify products or usage outside this Actor run may still follow your account plan.

Reliability and limits

The Actor uses direct static HTML requests with bounded concurrency and retries. It reports empty, blocked, rejected, partial, and failed outcomes in SUMMARY instead of fabricating medication records. It accepts up to 20 names or exact URLs and does not use login sessions, submit forms, bypass challenges, or provide medical advice.

RxList content must be independently reviewed by a qualified healthcare professional before clinical use. This Actor is for public-information extraction, not diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, or emergency guidance.