Health Drug Shortages
by x402Pulse in Search & web
FDA drug shortages: which medicines are in shortage now, grouped by drug, with availability (unavailable or limited) per package, companies, dosage forms, shortage reasons, estimated recovery notes and posting dates. Search one drug or list current shortages. For hospitals, pharmacies and supply chains. openFDA data, not medical advice.
https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages- Price
- $0.018
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 96.0%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 659 ms
- 1.3 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
How to call it
GET https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages
Each call costs $0.0175 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages?drug=amoxicillinParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
drug | string | No | Drug brand or generic name |
limit | string | No | 1 to 50 |
status | string | No | One of: current, resolved, discontinued, all. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 27 lines
{
"cached": false,
"data": {
"drugs": [
{
"availability": {
"Limited": 2,
"Unavailable": 2
},
"companies": [
"Baxter Healthcare Corporation"
],
"drug": "Amino Acid Injection",
"firstPosted": "2020-12-08",
"lastUpdated": "2026-09-30",
"packages": 4,
"recoveryNotes": [
"Estimated recovery: December 2026"
]
}
],
"drugsFound": 1,
"packagesFound": 4,
"query": "amino acid injection",
"status": "current"
}
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.0175.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages?drug=amoxicillin'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages?drug=amoxicillin' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.0175 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.0175" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.0175 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.x402pulse.dev%2Fv1%2Fhealth%2Fdrug-shortages
const res = await pay("https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages?drug=amoxicillin");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.0175 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.0175"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/health/drug-shortages?drug=amoxicillin")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 948 ms | $0.018 |
| 7 h ago | Passed | 402 | 847 ms | $0.018 |
| 12 h ago | Passed | 402 | 317 ms | $0.018 |
| 16 h ago | Passed | 402 | 948 ms | $0.018 |
| 20 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.0 s | $0.018 |
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| 24 h ago | Passed | 402 | 330 ms | $0.018 |
| 28 h ago | Passed | 402 | 659 ms | $0.018 |
| 32 h ago | Passed | 402 | 360 ms | $0.018 |
| 36 h ago | Passed | 402 | 341 ms | $0.018 |
| 40 h ago | Passed | 402 | 876 ms | $0.018 |
| 44 h ago | Passed | 402 | 887 ms | $0.018 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 417 ms | $0.018 |
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| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 316 ms | $0.018 |