💊 Drugs.com Medication Scraper

🚀 Export drug and medication information from Drugs.com in seconds. Get drug class, generic names, brand names, descriptions, warnings, side effects, and FDA approval status - no login required.

The Drugs.com Medication Scraper extracts structured pharmaceutical data directly from Drugs.com, the web's most-visited drug information resource. All data is collected in real-time from public pages - no account, no API key, no subscription needed.

Drugs.com provides patient-friendly drug monographs sourced from Micromedex, Cerner Multum, and ASHP - three of the most authoritative pharmaceutical databases in the world. This actor gives you structured access to that information at scale.

Coverage: 26 letters of the alphabet, 24,000+ drug and medication records, with 13 data fields per record including drug class, generic and brand names, warnings summary, side effects, dosage forms, CSA schedule, pregnancy risk, and FDA availability status.

Target Audience / Use Cases

Audience	Use Case
Healthcare App Developers	Build drug lookup features backed by real Drugs.com data
Pharmaceutical Researchers	Collect structured drug metadata across therapeutic classes
Medical Information Platforms	Populate drug databases with descriptions and warnings
Academic Researchers	Analyze drug class distribution, controlled substance schedules
Health Journalists	Research drug profiles, brand vs. generic availability
Compliance Teams	Audit drug approval statuses and controlled substance classifications

📋 What the Drugs.com Medication Scraper does

• Browses the Drugs.com A-Z drug directory by letter (a-z)
• Or accepts a custom list of specific drug names to look up directly
• Fetches each drug detail page and extracts structured information
• Returns generic name, all brand names, drug class, and description
• Captures warnings summary and side effects summary from the monograph
• Includes FDA availability status (Rx, OTC, or Rx/OTC), pregnancy risk data, and DEA CSA schedule
• Extracts available dosage forms (tablets, capsules, injection, etc.)
• Identifies what conditions each drug is indicated for (treatment guides)

💡 Why it matters: Drugs.com is the most-visited drug information website in the world, trusted by patients, pharmacists, and healthcare providers. This actor gives developers and researchers structured, machine-readable access to that information.

📊 Data fields

Each record includes: approvalStatus, availableForms, brandNames, csaSchedule, description, drugClass, genericName, name, pregnancyCategory, scrapedAt, sideEffectsSummary, url, usedFor, warningsSummary. All 14 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account on Apify (includes $5 free credit)
2. Open the Drugs.com Medication Scraper actor
3. Set startLetter to the letter you want to browse, or enter specific drugNames
4. Set maxItems to control how many records to return
5. Click Start - your dataset will be ready in seconds
6. Download your results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML

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Disclaimer: This actor scrapes publicly available information from Drugs.com for informational purposes only. The scraped data is provided by Drugs.com and their data partners (Micromedex, Cerner Multum, ASHP). This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Drugs.com. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before making medical decisions. Do not use scraped drug information as a substitute for professional medical advice.

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