# MedAPI Recalls — FDA Drug Recall Lookup

> MedAPI Recalls — FDA Drug Recall Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from madapi.tempochan.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches and retrieves FDA drug recall records based on user-specified criteria such as drug name, recall class, or date range

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://madapi.tempochan.xyz/api/recalls
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/medapi-recalls-fda-drug-recall-lookup-882eadf0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_A3UvfSmMd_ovAqXXQNU46

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability medapi-recalls-fda-drug-recall-lookup-882eadf0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check if there have been any FDA recalls for metformin in the last two years, and tell me the recall class and reason for each one?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured FDA drug recall data for a specific drug, manufacturer, or time period. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable recall records with classification and reason details. Best suited for pharmacovigilance, drug safety monitoring, or patient safety applications.

## Known failure modes

- Drug name not found in FDA recall database returns empty results
- Invalid date range format causes a 400 bad request error
- FDA openFDA API upstream outage leads to 503 or timeout
- Ambiguous drug name matches too many records, returning truncated or paginated results
- Payment not confirmed on Base chain results in 402 payment required error

## How this service works

Drug data, adverse events, clinical trials, PubMed. AI-powered medical analysis. 17 endpoints. x402 on Base.

## Output

A list of FDA drug recall records matching the query, including recall classification (Class I/II/III), recalling firm, affected product description, recall reason, and initiation date

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/medapi-recalls-fda-drug-recall-lookup-882eadf0/health.json
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