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gauge/drug-shortage-region
x402
gauge/drug-shortage-region is a paid API for AI agents from api.truthbear.co, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a 3-leg sequential chain gauging drug shortage pressure for a specified therapeutic class, from new shortage incidence through active burden to resolution rate.
Price / call$0.25
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Output
A sequential 3-leg chain result: Leg 1 is new-shortage incidence (leading indicator from openFDA new listings), Leg 2 is current active shortages in the therapeutic class, and Leg 3 is the realized resolution rate (confirmation gate). A confidence score reflects how many legs are lit in order. Returns descriptive data only — no forecast or advice. Returns 422 no_charge if no data is available (not billed).
Example use cases
Monitoring oncology drug supply stress
“What's the current drug shortage situation for oncology? I need to see whether new shortages are rising, how many are active right now, and what the resolution rate looks like.”
Anti-infective shortage trend for hospital planning
“Can you check the anti-infective drug shortage chain for me? I want to know if new listings from the FDA are increasing and whether the resolution rate is keeping up.”
Anesthesia shortage burden assessment
“Pull the 3-leg shortage gauge for anesthesia drugs — I want to understand the leading incidence signal, the current active burden, and the confirmation gate on resolution.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.truthbear.co/gauge/drug-shortage-regionWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a structured, multi-leg sequential signal about drug shortage pressure for a specific therapeutic class, sourced directly from openFDA. It is best for monitoring and awareness use cases — not for forecasting or clinical decision-making. Prefer this over raw FDA lookups when you want a pre-aggregated chain from leading incidence through active burden to resolution, with a built-in confidence indicator. Supported therapeutic classes include oncology, anesthesia, psychiatry-cns, analgesia-opioid, anti-infective, and cardiovascular (18 total).
Side effects
- 422 no_charge returned when no data is available for the requested entity — call is not billed
- Invalid or unsupported entity value causes request rejection — use GET /gauge/catalog?signal_id=<signal_id> to retrieve valid entity list
- Missing required 'entity' query parameter causes request failure
- openFDA data source unavailability may reduce number of lit legs and lower confidence score
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"legs": {
"onset": {
"band": "surging",
"source_ref": "https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json",
"record_hash": "sha256:c1ca2eec2f8f1898a48deca396ed9f5e24005dc4de019180094c79a7ff32988d"
},
"burden": {
"band": "severe",
"source_ref": "https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json",
"record_hash": "sha256:95c901069fbd9db272dce74457eaca702df546c8d3e35433a07af662c9aa8bd3"
},
"entrenchment": {
"band": "entrenched",
"source_ref": "https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json",
"record_hash": "sha256:be5b2a361a74d8980e135977cba95fad95779b87273fa92966aa76b9dc22ea2a"
}
},
"name": "Anesthesia / Anesthetics",
"grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
"scope": {
"full": "https://api.truthbear.co/scope/v1",
"verifiability": "unknown",
"monitoring_not_forecast": true,
"intelligence_not_command": true
},
"entity": "anesthesia",
"nature": "This API supplies data organisation and trend description only. It is not a recommendation to act; the decision is yours. Purely descriptive - no judgement, no prediction. Official source plus record_hash; verify with the free /gauge/verify.",
"provenance": {
"freshness": "fresh",
"age_hours_now": 23,
"freshness_basis": "cadence=default; fresh<=24h; recent<=192h; dead_source>1440h; age_basis=request-time(now minus observed_at)"
}
}
}Tags
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