nuPharm
AI-powered medicine formula lookup for patients and pharmacists.
nuPharm lets anyone enter a medicine's formula and instantly see available medicines with the same active ingredients, their side effects, and nearby pharmacies that may carry them. Built by nuSoft as an open, AI-first product.
Enter a formula
AI searches
Review results
Find a pharmacy
Confirm with a professional
Finding the right medicine shouldn't depend on one brand name
When a prescribed brand is out of stock, too expensive or unfamiliar, patients are often stuck. Pharmacists field the same questions every day, and reliable information about equivalent medicines, their side effects and where to get them is scattered, hard to search and rarely written for regular people.
Brand unavailable
A prescribed medicine is out of stock and there's no easy way to find an equivalent.
Unclear alternatives
Patients don't know which medicines share the same formula.
Side effect confusion
Safety information is buried in dense leaflets.
Where to buy
Even after finding an alternative, patients don't know which nearby pharmacy might have it.
From Formula to Pharmacy, Start to Finish
Step 01
Enter a formula
Type the active ingredient and strength, for example a common pain reliever.
Step 02
AI searches
A large language model identifies medicines with the same formula and structures the results.
Formula ParsedLLM SearchStructured JSONStep 03
Review results
See matching medicines with their strengths and side effects, clearly labeled as AI-generated.
Medicine NameStrengthSide EffectsStep 04
Find a pharmacy
View nearby pharmacies on the map, starting close by and widening the search if needed.
Step 05
Confirm with a professional
Call ahead and check with a pharmacist or doctor before switching medicines.
Architecture
What Happens Behind the Scenes
Frontend
React + TypeScript on Vite, deployed on Vercel.
API
Vercel serverless functions handling search requests with rate limiting.
AI Layer
LLM with structured, defensively parsed JSON output and deterministic settings for consistent results.
Maps and Location
OpenStreetMap data with Leaflet for the pharmacy map and list.
Data
Neon Postgres.
AWS SES for inquiries.
More Than a Medicine Search
Formula search
Enter an active ingredient or formula and get matching medicines in seconds.
Same-formula matches only
Results are limited to medicines with the same active ingredients, never loosely "similar" drugs.
Side effects at a glance
Each result shows its common side effects in plain language.
Find pharmacies near you
See nearby pharmacies on a map and in a list, then call ahead to confirm availability. Works with your location or a manually entered area.
Built-in safety disclaimer
A persistent notice reminds users that results are AI-generated and should be confirmed with a pharmacist or doctor.
Open access
No account needed. Search is free and available to everyone, worldwide.
Designed for Everyday Medicine Questions
For patients
Understand alternatives when a prescribed brand isn't available, and know where to look for them.
For pharmacists
Faster answers to everyday "what else has this formula" questions.
Safety first
Same-formula matching only, with clear AI disclaimers on every result.
Fast and free
Results in seconds, no signup required.
See nuPharm in Action
Search by formula
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