Where can I find a downloadable prescription and OTC drugs database? [closed]

Question

I am working on a project for (US based) online pharmacies and I am having a hard time finding a database of drugs grouped by layman categories.

I downloaded FDA data from 'Drugs@FDA' and 'Facts@FDA'. It contains a wide list of approved medications but is not sorted/grouped by layman categories like you would find in online search libraries.

The information I obtained for every drug (i.e. Benadryl ) is same as i would obtain if enter the name here in dailymed.nlm.nih.gov --> a lot of useful information but no way for me to categorize/group into meaningful blocks for a pharmacy client (i.e. Anti-allergic) as shown in here: http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/drugs-category.html

Is there anyway I can download/obtain this information in some kind of database (and avoid having to manually categorize the almost 17000 products that I downloaded from the FDA website) ?

I'll appreciate any help/link/hint/anything! thanks

Answer 1

www.wolterskluwerhealth.com thomsonreuters.com

These companies have several products that might satisfy your needs if you ever face this dilemma. There might be some others as well.

Answer 2

In my research, it also looks like www.firstdatabank.com has some good products, although I haven't used them yet. Some look a bit more robust and expensive than just a list.