/// <summary>
/// Returns drug information based on the name of the drug
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dnValue">The name of the drug</param>
/// <param name="cs">The code system in which the drug name has meaning</param>
/// <param name="lang">The language in which the response should be returned</param>
/// <param name="objAppErr">The application error object</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static XElement getDrugInfoByName(string dnValue, DICodeSystem cs, Language lang)
{
XElement result = null;
string url = MedlinePlusConnectBaseURL + "?mainSearchCriteria.v.cs=" + getDICodeSystemValue(cs);
url += "&mainSearchCriteria.v.dn=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(dnValue);
url += "&informationRecipient.languageCode.c=" + getLanguageValue(lang);
try
{
result = XElement.Load(url);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
return(result);
}
public static string getDICodeSystemValue(DICodeSystem dicv)
{
string DICodeSystemValue = "";
switch (dicv)
{
case DICodeSystem.NDC:
DICodeSystemValue = "2.16.840.1.113883.6.69";
break;
case DICodeSystem.RXCUI:
DICodeSystemValue = "2.16.840.1.113883.6.88";
break;
default:
DICodeSystemValue = "2.16.840.1.113883.6.88";
break;
}
return(DICodeSystemValue);
}
