diff --git a/care/facility/api/viewsets/prescription.py b/care/facility/api/viewsets/prescription.py
index 5877df588d..91690da11e 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/viewsets/prescription.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/viewsets/prescription.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema
 from rest_framework import mixins, status
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
-from rest_framework.filters import SearchFilter
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ class MedicineViewSet(
     GenericViewSet,
 ):
     serializer_class = MedibaseMedicineSerializer
-    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+    # permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     queryset = MedibaseMedicine.objects.all()
     lookup_field = "external_id"
-    filter_backends = (SearchFilter,)
-    search_fields = ("name", "generic", "company", "contents", "cims_class")
+
+    def get_queryset(self) -> QuerySet:
+        search_term = self.request.query_params.get("search_text", "")
+        return self.queryset.filter(search_vector=search_term)
diff --git a/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_idx.py b/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_idx.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 88520555bd..0000000000
--- a/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_idx.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.2 on 2023-07-06 11:18
-
-import django.contrib.postgres.indexes
-from django.contrib.postgres.operations import BtreeGinExtension
-from django.db import migrations
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("facility", "0370_merge_20230705_1500"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        BtreeGinExtension(),
-        migrations.AddIndex(
-            model_name="medibasemedicine",
-            index=django.contrib.postgres.indexes.GinIndex(
-                fields=["name", "generic", "company", "contents", "cims_class"],
-                name="search_idx",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_vector.py b/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_vector.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14eb1d2d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/care/facility/migrations/0371_medibasemedicine_search_vector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.2 on 2023-07-06 17:00
+
+import django.contrib.postgres.search
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("facility", "0370_merge_20230705_1500"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="medibasemedicine",
+            name="search_vector",
+            field=django.contrib.postgres.search.SearchVectorField(null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/care/facility/models/prescription.py b/care/facility/models/prescription.py
index 66bab35a56..7dfb6029b1 100644
--- a/care/facility/models/prescription.py
+++ b/care/facility/models/prescription.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import enum
 
-from django.contrib.postgres.indexes import GinIndex
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVectorField
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import JSONField
@@ -64,17 +64,11 @@ class MedibaseMedicine(BaseModel):
     cims_class = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
     atc_classification = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
 
+    search_vector = SearchVectorField(null=True)
+
     def __str__(self):
         return " - ".join([self.name, self.generic, self.company])
 
-    class Meta:
-        indexes = [
-            GinIndex(
-                fields=["name", "generic", "company", "contents", "cims_class"],
-                name="search_idx",
-            )
-        ]
-
 
 class Prescription(BaseModel):
     consultation = models.ForeignKey(
diff --git a/care/facility/tests/test_medibase_api.py b/care/facility/tests/test_medibase_api.py
index 34ce13d7d5..3b3624ed24 100644
--- a/care/facility/tests/test_medibase_api.py
+++ b/care/facility/tests/test_medibase_api.py
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 
 class TestMedibaseApi(TestBase):
     def get_url(self, query=None):
-        return f"/api/v1/medibase/?query={query}"
+        return f"/api/v1/medicine/?search_text={query}"
 
     def test_search_by_name_exact_word(self):
         response = self.client.get(self.get_url(query="dolo"))
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertEquals(response.data[0]["name"], "DOLO")
+        self.assertEquals(response.data.results[0]["name"], "DOLO")
 
     def test_search_by_generic_exact_word(self):
         response = self.client.get(self.get_url(query="pAraCetAmoL"))
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertEquals(response.data[0]["generic"], "paracetamol")
+        self.assertEquals(response.data.results[0]["generic"], "paracetamol")
 
     def test_search_by_name_and_generic_exact_word(self):
         response = self.client.get(self.get_url(query="panadol paracetamol"))
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertEquals(response.data[0]["name"], "PANADOL")
-        self.assertEquals(response.data[0]["generic"], "paracetamol")
-        self.assertEquals(response.data[0]["company"], "GSK")
+        self.assertEquals(response.data.results[0]["name"], "PANADOL")
+        self.assertEquals(response.data.results[0]["generic"], "paracetamol")
+        self.assertEquals(response.data.results[0]["company"], "GSK")