find_drug: find_ndc Function: Find ndc from FDA ndc database

In ck2136/FDAopenR: Finds Drug and Other Relevant Information from the openFDA API

Description

find_ndc returns a list of items after connecting to the openFDA API.

Usage

find_drug(src = "fda", ndc = NULL, bname = NULL, gname = NULL,
  dea_schedule = NULL, limit = NULL, query = NULL, ...)

Arguments

src	String describing the source (e.g. "fda").
ndc	Integer describing the NDC number of drug of interest (e.g. "fda")
bname	String indicating brand name (e.g. "lorazepam")
gname	String indicating generic name (e.g. "lorazepam")
dea_schedule	Integer indicating class(e.g. "1")
limit	Integer indicating limit on how many items to limit in the result (e.g. "1")
query	String indicating actual httr::GET() query to the API
...	Additional parameters specified (TBD)

Value

A list with components based on the parameters specified.

See Also

https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/ndc/ for the actual API description from openFDA. httr for accessing API.

Examples

find_drug(src="fda", ndc=687889736)
find_drug(src="fda", bname="Acetaminophen")
find_drug(src="fda", gname="Codeine")

## Not run: 
  find_drug(ndc="687889736")

## End(Not run)

ck2136/FDAopenR documentation built on Aug. 15, 2021, 3:43 a.m.