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Drug

A chemical or biologic substance, used as a medical therapy, that has a physiological effect on an organism. Here the term drug is used interchangeably with the term medicine although clinical knowledge makes a clear difference between them.

Type Information

  • Parent Type: Substance, Product
  • Schema.org URL: https://schema.org/Drug

Properties

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | relatedDrug | Drug | Any other drug related to this one, for example commonly-prescribed alternatives. | | alcoholWarning | Text | Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of alcohol while taking this drug. | | clincalPharmacology | Text | Description of the absorption and elimination of drugs, including their concentration (pharmacokinetics, pK) and biological effects (pharmacodynamics, pD). | | maximumIntake | MaximumDoseSchedule | Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority. | | dosageForm | Text | A dosage form in which this drug/supplement is available, e.g. 'tablet', 'suspension', 'injection'. | | pregnancyCategory | DrugPregnancyCategory | Pregnancy category of this drug. | | mechanismOfAction | Text | The specific biochemical interaction through which this drug or supplement produces its pharmacological effect. | | labelDetails | URL | Link to the drug's label details. | | pregnancyWarning | Text | Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use during pregnancy. | | warning | Text or URL | Any FDA or other warnings about the drug (text or URL). | | drugUnit | Text | The unit in which the drug is measured, e.g. '5 mg tablet'. | | isProprietary | Boolean | True if this item's name is a proprietary/brand name (vs. generic name). | | overdosage | Text | Any information related to overdose on a drug, including signs or symptoms, treatments, contact information for emergency response. | | breastfeedingWarning | Text | Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use by breastfeeding mothers. | | doseSchedule | DoseSchedule | A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used. | | clinicalPharmacology | Text | Description of the absorption and elimination of drugs, including their concentration (pharmacokinetics, pK) and biological effects (pharmacodynamics, pD). | | proprietaryName | Text | Proprietary name given to the diet plan, typically by its originator or creator. | | nonProprietaryName | Text | The generic name of this drug or supplement. | | drugClass | DrugClass | The class of drug this belongs to (e.g., statins). | | activeIngredient | Text | An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances. | | foodWarning | Text | Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of specific foods while taking this drug. | | availableStrength | DrugStrength | An available dosage strength for the drug. | | interactingDrug | Drug | Another drug that is known to interact with this drug in a way that impacts the effect of this drug or causes a risk to the patient. Note: disease interactions are typically captured as contraindications. | | isAvailableGenerically | Boolean | True if the drug is available in a generic form (regardless of name). | | administrationRoute | Text | A route by which this drug may be administered, e.g. 'oral'. | | legalStatus | DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. | | rxcui | Text | The RxCUI drug identifier from RXNORM. | | includedInHealthInsurancePlan | HealthInsurancePlan | The insurance plans that cover this drug. | | prescriptionStatus | DrugPrescriptionStatus or Text | Indicates the status of drug prescription, e.g. local catalogs classifications or whether the drug is available by prescription or over-the-counter, etc. | | prescribingInfo | URL | Link to prescribing information for the drug. |

Properties from Substance

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | maximumIntake | MaximumDoseSchedule | Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority. | | activeIngredient | Text | An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances. |

Properties from MedicalEntity

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | code | MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. | | study | MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. | | funding | Grant | A [[Grant]] that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also [[ownershipFundingInfo]]. | | recognizingAuthority | Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. | | guideline | MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. | | medicineSystem | MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. | | relevantSpecialty | MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. | | legalStatus | DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |

Properties from Thing

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | digital | Number | A number from 0.0 to 1.0 representing the degree of digital vs physical embodiment. 1.0 = fully digital, 0.0 = fully physical, 0.5 = hybrid. | | disambiguatingDescription | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. | | potentialAction | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. | | additionalType | Text or URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide. | | identifier | URL or Text or PropertyValue | The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. | | image | ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a [[URL]] or a fully described [[ImageObject]]. | | sameAs | URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. | | description | Text or TextObject | A description of the item. | | alternateName | Text | An alias for the item. | | url | URL | URL of the item. | | subjectOf | Event or CreativeWork | A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. | | name | Text | The name of the item. | | mainEntityOfPage | CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. |

ID: https://schema.org.ai/Drug
Context: https://schema.org.ai