GET /Medication

fhir.org:hl7-fhir-api

Summary: Search Medication resources
Operation ID:
Auth: none
Description

Search for medications and pharmaceutical substances using code.

Parameters (4)

_count (integer, query, optional, default: 20)
code (string, query, optional)

RxNorm, ATC, or other medication code (e.g., 860975 for Metformin)

form (string, query, optional)

Dose form (e.g., SNOMED CT code for tablet)

status (string, query, optional)

Medication status (active, inactive, entered-in-error)

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search for Metformin by RxNorm code curl https://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/Medication?code=860975
List active medications with pagination curl https://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/Medication?status=active&_count=10
Search for tablet-form medications curl https://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/Medication?form=385055001&_count=5

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:55:11.614763 200 490ms
2026-03-23 09:28:24.110523 200 484ms
2026-03-23 09:15:56.712989 200 493ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:28:24.110523 a574a22f562b 0cbb05d3a4dd
2026-03-23 10:55:11.614763 0cbb05d3a4dd 7a0060f1c13a