com.apothesource.pillfill.rxnorm.service.interaction

Interface InteractionService

All Known Implementing Classes:

NihInteractionServiceProxy

public interface InteractionService

The Drug Interaction RESTful web API is a simple web service implemented using HTTP and can be thought of as a collection of resources, specified as URIs.
NIH Documentation.
Note: Some of the parameters & ordering in this interface are intentionally inconsistent to match the NIH documentation. Created by Michael Ramirez (michael@pillfill.com) on 7/21/15.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InteractionDrugResponse	findDrugInteractions(java.lang.String rxcui) Get the drug interactions for a specified drug.
InteractionListResponse	findInteractionsFromList(java.util.List<java.lang.String> rxcuis) Find the interactions between a list of drugs.

Method Detail

findInteractionsFromList

InteractionListResponse findInteractionsFromList(java.util.List<java.lang.String> rxcuis)
                                          throws java.io.IOException

Find the interactions between a list of drugs.

Parameters:

rxcuis - the list of RxNorm drugs, specified by the RxNorm identifiers. The identifiers can represent ingredients (e.g. simvastatin), brand names (e.g. Tylenol) or branded or clinical drugs (e.g. Morphine 50 mg oral tablet). A maximum of 50 identifiers is allowed.

Returns:

A list of potential interactions between the specified concepts

Throws:

java.io.IOException

findDrugInteractions

InteractionDrugResponse findDrugInteractions(java.lang.String rxcui)
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Get the drug interactions for a specified drug.

Parameters:

rxcui - the RxNorm identifier of the drug.

Returns:

A list of potential interactions for the specified drug

Throws:

java.io.IOException