POST api/LactationAlternateDrugs

Accepts one or more drug identifiers from a selection of identifier types as inputs. Returns pregnancy and lactation alternate drug therapy information based on the supplied drug identifier(s).
  • Lactation Ratings: returns drugs to either avoid or use with caution for those patients who may be pregnant and/or lactating, based on the supplied identifier(s). (Gold Standard bases lactation ratings on the childbearing age range of 13-50 and female gender.)
  • Pregnancy and Lactation Categories: returns drug information for the supplied identifier by pregnancy and lactation categories (if available).
  • Alternate Drugs: returns a list of alternate drugs (and their Marketed Product identifiers) for those drugs with lactation ratings of Avoid or Caution, (if available).
Returns the associated Gold Standard Professional Drug Monograph “Pregnancy/Breast-feeding” section identifier for the drug, if applicable


Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

LactationAlternateDrugsRequest
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
DrugIds A collection of drug identifiers to retrieve the lactation information for. Collection of ADRDrugIdentifier

Required

AccessToken Temporary access token from the GSDD Auth API. Used to validate your license.

Note: Access tokens are temporary and may be invalidated early for various reasons, including—but not limited to—site maintenance and security updates. If a token is invalidated prematurely, simply request new tokens via the AccessToken method in the GSDD Auth API. This is a rather rare occurrence, but should be planned for and handled by the consuming application.
string

Required

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
{
  "DrugIds": [
    {
      "IdType": "NDC11",
      "Id": "12345-6789-01"
    },
    {
      "IdType": "NDC11",
      "Id": "12345-6789-02"
    }
  ],
  "AccessToken": "T25lX0hhcHB5X0FuZF9TYXRpc2ZpZWRfR1NERF9DdXN0b21lcl9TYW1wbGVfQWNjZXNzVG9rZW4="
}

Response Information

Resource Description

LactationAlternateDrugsResponse
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
Drugs A collection of pregnancy and lactation information based on the supplied drug identifiers. Collection of PregnancyAndLactationDrugRatings

Required

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
{
  "Drugs": [
    {
      "Drug": {
        "DrugId": {
          "IdType": "NDC11",
          "Id": "12345-6789-01"
        },
        "Name": "Sample Name text.",
        "LevelsOfEvidence": [
          {
            "Recommended": true,
            "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
            "Rating": "VeryLow",
            "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
          },
          {
            "Recommended": true,
            "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
            "Rating": "VeryLow",
            "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
          }
        ],
        "Message": "Sample Message text."
      },
      "Ratings": [
        {
          "PregnancyAndLactationCategory": "ChildBearingAge",
          "Code": "Sample Code text.",
          "AlternateDrugs": [
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-02"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            },
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-03"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            }
          ],
          "Description": "Sample Description text.",
          "Trimester": "First",
          "MonographSectionId": 4,
          "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
        },
        {
          "PregnancyAndLactationCategory": "ChildBearingAge",
          "Code": "Sample Code text.",
          "AlternateDrugs": [
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-05"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            },
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-06"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            }
          ],
          "Description": "Sample Description text.",
          "Trimester": "First",
          "MonographSectionId": 7,
          "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
        }
      ],
      "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
    },
    {
      "Drug": {
        "DrugId": {
          "IdType": "NDC11",
          "Id": "12345-6789-08"
        },
        "Name": "Sample Name text.",
        "LevelsOfEvidence": [
          {
            "Recommended": true,
            "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
            "Rating": "VeryLow",
            "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
          },
          {
            "Recommended": true,
            "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
            "Rating": "VeryLow",
            "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
          }
        ],
        "Message": "Sample Message text."
      },
      "Ratings": [
        {
          "PregnancyAndLactationCategory": "ChildBearingAge",
          "Code": "Sample Code text.",
          "AlternateDrugs": [
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-00"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            },
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-01"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            }
          ],
          "Description": "Sample Description text.",
          "Trimester": "First",
          "MonographSectionId": 11,
          "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
        },
        {
          "PregnancyAndLactationCategory": "ChildBearingAge",
          "Code": "Sample Code text.",
          "AlternateDrugs": [
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-03"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            },
            {
              "DrugId": {
                "IdType": "NDC11",
                "Id": "12345-6789-04"
              },
              "Name": "Sample Name text.",
              "LevelsOfEvidence": [
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                },
                {
                  "Recommended": true,
                  "StrengthOfRecommendation": "EquivocalWeakAgainst",
                  "Rating": "VeryLow",
                  "ErrorMessage": "Sample ErrorMessage text."
                }
              ],
              "Message": "Sample Message text."
            }
          ],
          "Description": "Sample Description text.",
          "Trimester": "First",
          "MonographSectionId": 14,
          "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
        }
      ],
      "InfoMessage": "Sample InfoMessage text."
    }
  ]
}