---
title: "Medication and condition references"
description: "Look up medication labeling and condition definitions with related research."
canonical_url: "https://scholarxiv.com/developers/docs/health-api/references"
markdown_url: "https://scholarxiv.com/developers/docs/health-api/references.md"
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

# Medication and condition references
URL: /developers/docs/health-api/references
LLM index: /llms.txt
Description: Look up medication labeling and condition definitions with related research.
Related: health-api, health-api/quickstart

# Medication and condition references

```bash
curl 'https://scholarxiv.com/api/v1/health/medication?name=metformin' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCHOLARXIV_API_KEY"
curl 'https://scholarxiv.com/api/v1/health/condition?q=migraine' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCHOLARXIV_API_KEY"
```

Medication returns `{ query, rxnorm, fda }`: RxNorm identifiers, ingredients, properties and NDCs, plus FDA metadata and label sections. Inspect `rxnorm.found` and `fda.found`; a successful lookup may have no matching reference. `name` must be 1–120 characters. These are labeling references, not a scored drug-interaction assessment.

Condition returns `{ query, info, papers }`. `info` includes the MONDO identifier, label, definition when available, synonyms, and source links; `papers` contains related research. `q` (or its `name` alias) must be 2–120 characters. A condition lookup failure returns 404, matching the website service.

## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.
Docs-scoped sitemap: [/docs/sitemap.md](/docs/sitemap.md).
Well-known sitemap: [/.well-known/sitemap.md](/.well-known/sitemap.md).