---
title: "Normalize and verify drug names against RxNorm, the..."
method: GET
path: "/api/medical/rxnorm"
tags: ["medical"]
---

# Normalize and verify drug names against RxNorm, the...

`GET /api/medical/rxnorm`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/medical/rxnorm`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Normalize and verify drug names against RxNorm, the canonical US drug vocabulary from the NIH. Two modes: term ("tylenol 500mg", brand or generic, typos tolerated) returns ranked RxCUI candidates with normalized names and match scores; rxcui returns the canonical concept (name, term type like IN=ingredient / SBD=branded drug / SCD=clinical drug, suppression flag) plus related concepts — active ingredients, brand names, and available dose forms. Use before writing prescriptions data, drug interactions queries, or pharmacy integrations: verify the drug exists and get its stable identifier instead of trusting model memory. Sibling: /api/medical/icd10 (diagnosis codes). Public-domain NIH data.

## Query parameters

- `term` string
- `rxcui` string
- `limit` integer
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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