Public API · v1

Medicine equivalents as JSON

Free, read-only and CORS-enabled. Build travel-health, pharmacy or telehealth tools on Pillport's pharmacist-reviewed data. No key needed for normal use.

GET/api/v1/equivalent

What a brand is called in another country. Returns candidates when a brand name is ambiguous; add from= to choose.

https://pillport.online/api/v1/equivalent?brand=panadol&to=US

GET/api/v1/medicines

Every medicine with its generic name, alternate names, drug class and ATC code.

https://pillport.online/api/v1/medicines

GET/api/v1/medicines/{slug}

One medicine with brands by country, verification status, strengths and regulator sources.

https://pillport.online/api/v1/medicines/paracetamol

GET/api/v1/countries

Supported countries and their medicine regulators.

https://pillport.online/api/v1/countries

GET/api/search-index

A compact name → medicine index for building your own search box.

https://pillport.online/api/search-index

POST/api/v1/pk/simulate

Run the PK simulator: send a regimen as JSON, get Cmax, trough, half-life, AUC and the concentration curve.

curl -X POST https://pillport.online/api/v1/pk/simulate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"route":"oral","dose_mg":1000,"interval_h":6,"n_doses":4,"volume_l":50,"clearance_l_per_h":18,"ka_per_h":1.5,"bioavailability":0.9}'

Example response

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "ambiguous": false,
  "query": "panadol",
  "to": "US",
  "medicine": { "slug": "paracetamol", "generic_name": "Paracetamol", "atc_code": "N02BE01", ... },
  "target_brands": [{ "name": "Tylenol", "country": "US", "verification_status": "pending", ... }],
  "ask_for_generic": null,
  "disclaimer": "For information and education only. Not medical advice. ..."
}

Rules

Without a key: 60 requests per minute per IP on /equivalent and /pk/simulate. List endpoints are CDN-cached.
With a free API key sent as Authorization: Bearer pp_…: 600 per minute and a monthly quota from your plan.
Show the verification status. Brands marked "pending" are not yet checked against the regulator.
Link back to the Pillport page (the url field) and keep the disclaimer visible to your users.
Do not present results as medical advice or use them to dose patients.

Machine-readable spec: openapi.json. Need higher limits or a commercial licence? Contact us.

Medicine equivalents as JSON

Example response

Rules

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