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US medication lookup: drug search, forms and strengths, NDC/RxCUI, recalls, shortages.
Remote server: your requests and data go to api.pillwise.dev. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http pillwise https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_medications — Typeahead search by what a person calls a medication: brand, ingredient or everyday name. Returns brand and ingredient groups in the order aget_form_options — The forms (tablet, liquid, patch…) and strengths a medication comes in, with labels for people and values to send back. Use the id from a seget_drug — The full record for a Pillwise drug id: names, ingredients, form, strength, packages and recalls.get_packages — The package NDCs that belong to a Pillwise drug id.lookup_ndc — The package and drug for an NDC: 11 digits, 10 with hyphens (4-4-2, 5-3-2 or 5-4-1), or a product NDC. A bare 10-digit code is matched only lookup_rxcui — The clinical drug for an RxCUI.list_recalls — Drug recalls, filtered by at least one of ndc, drug_id or since.list_shortages — Drug shortages, filtered by at least one of ndc or drug_id.catalog_freshness — How current the catalog is: the snapshot served and when it was built.Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.