Drug

Defined in the health-lifesci.schema.org extension.
Canonical URL: http://schema.org/Drug

Thing > MedicalEntity > Substance > 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 make a clear difference between them.

Usage: Between 100 and 1000 domains

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'Drug' is mentioned in extension layer: health-lifesci

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Drug
`activeIngredient`	Text	An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances.
`administrationRoute`	Text	A route by which this drug may be administered, e.g. 'oral'.
`alcoholWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of alcohol while taking this drug.
`availableStrength`	DrugStrength	An available dosage strength for the drug.
`breastfeedingWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use by breastfeeding mothers.
`clinicalPharmacology`	Text	Description of the absorption and elimination of drugs, including their concentration (pharmacokinetics, pK) and biological effects (pharmacodynamics, pD). Supersedes clincalPharmacology.
`cost`	DrugCost	Cost per unit of the drug, as reported by the source being tagged.
`dosageForm`	Text	A dosage form in which this drug/supplement is available, e.g. 'tablet', 'suspension', 'injection'.
`doseSchedule`	DoseSchedule	A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used.
`drugClass`	DrugClass	The class of drug this belongs to (e.g., statins).
`drugUnit`	Text	The unit in which the drug is measured, e.g. '5 mg tablet'.
`foodWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of specific foods while taking this 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).
`isProprietary`	Boolean	True if this item's name is a proprietary/brand name (vs. generic name).
`labelDetails`	URL	Link to the drug's label details.
`legalStatus`	DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
`manufacturer`	Organization	The manufacturer of the product.
`maximumIntake`	MaximumDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.
`mechanismOfAction`	Text	The specific biochemical interaction through which this drug or supplement produces its pharmacological effect.
`nonProprietaryName`	Text	The generic name of this drug or supplement.
`overdosage`	Text	Any information related to overdose on a drug, including signs or symptoms, treatments, contact information for emergency response.
`pregnancyCategory`	DrugPregnancyCategory	Pregnancy category of this drug.
`pregnancyWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use during pregnancy.
`prescribingInfo`	URL	Link to prescribing information for the drug.
`prescriptionStatus`	DrugPrescriptionStatus or Text	Indicates the status of drug prescription eg. local catalogs classifications or whether the drug is available by prescription or over-the-counter, etc.
`proprietaryName`	Text	Proprietary name given to the diet plan, typically by its originator or creator.
`relatedDrug`	Drug	Any other drug related to this one, for example commonly-prescribed alternatives.
`warning`	Text or URL	Any FDA or other warnings about the drug (text or URL).
Properties from Substance
`activeIngredient`	Text	An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances.
`maximumIntake`	MaximumDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.
Properties from MedicalEntity
`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.
`guideline`	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
`legalStatus`	DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
`medicineSystem`	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
`recognizingAuthority`	Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
`relevantSpecialty`	MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
`study`	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
Properties from Thing
`additionalType`	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. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`description`	Text	A description of the item.
`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.
`image`	ImageObject or URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`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. Inverse property: mainEntity.
`name`	Text	The name of the item.
`potentialAction`	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
`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, Freebase page, or official website.
`url`	URL	URL of the item.

Instances of Drug may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
`affectedBy`	MedicalTest	Drugs that affect the test's results.
`drug`	DrugClass or MedicalCondition or Patient or TherapeuticProcedure	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure
`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.
`relatedDrug`	Drug	Any other drug related to this one, for example commonly-prescribed alternatives.

Available properties in extensions

For Drug in the pending extension: includedInHealthInsurancePlan, rxcui

Schema Version 3.1