DrugBank Comprehensive Drug Database

Access detailed pharmacological data for over 17,430 drug entries -- including 13,166 small-molecule drugs and 4,264 biotech/biologic products -- through a high-performance SQLite-backed local database. This skill enables AI agents to search by drug name, therapeutic category, mechanism of action, elimination half-life, molecular weight, or structural similarity, providing clinicians and pharmacists with rapid access to comprehensive drug monograph data without relying on external API rate limits.

Quick Install

npx skills add Open-Medica/open-medical-skills --skill drugbank-search

What It Does

• Drug monograph lookup with detailed pharmacological profiles including mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion), therapeutic indications, and contraindications
• Multi-field search by generic name, brand name, therapeutic category (ATC classification), molecular target, or DrugBank accession number with fuzzy matching support
• Pharmacokinetic parameter queries to find drugs by elimination half-life, protein binding percentage, volume of distribution, or bioavailability ranges
• Drug classification browsing through the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) hierarchy, enabling category-based exploration of drug classes
• Local SQLite backend for high-performance offline queries with sub-millisecond response times, no external API dependency, and no rate limiting

Clinical Use Cases