Indications Tutorial

A drug indication describes the approved conditions, diseases, or states for which a drug can safely and effectively be used. These indications may vary between regions, health systems, and countries depending on how they are defined, the products that are being used, and the regulatory body that is approving them.

Drug indications can be searched and filtered via the DrugBank API in several ways. Use the form below to see examples of how this may be done.

Indication NameSpecificityName Matches Only Include More Specific Include More GeneralKind (select up to 3 or leave blank for all)Treatment of Prevention of Prophylaxis of Symptomatic treatment of Management of For therapy Adjunct therapy in prevention of Adjunct therapy in treatment of Adjunct therapy in management of Adjunct therapy in prophylaxis of Adjunct for therapy Used in combination to treat Used in combination for therapy Used in combination to induce Used in combination to manage Used in combination to prevent Used in combination for prophylaxis of Used in combination for symptomatic treatment of Used in combination as diagnostic agent Used in combination for diagnostic process Used in combination to reverse Induction of Reversal of Diagnostic agent Used as adjunct in combination to manage Used as adjunct in combination to prevent Used as adjunct in combination to treatOff LabelInclude Off Label Exclude Off Label Off Label OnlyOTC UseInclude OTC Exclude OTC OTC Only

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Drug	Kind	Condition/Process/Therapy	Off Label	OTC