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vr.tr.medication · thing-q12140

Let an agent give general, sourced information about medications, route poisoning or overdose to emergency services first, and point people to pharmacists and doctors rather than giving personal medical advice.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.OBJ
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Emergency Poisoning.

Overdose

Too much taken.

Overdose

Overdose.

  1. Has someone taken too much, or a child swallowed a medicine? boundary
  2. Which emergency number or poison centre should be called now? action

Reaction

Severe reactions.

Reaction

Severe reactions.

  1. Are there signs of a severe allergic reaction such as breathing difficulty? boundary
  2. Should emergency services be called immediately? action
Information Official facts.

Leaflet

Product information.

Leaflet

Product information.

  1. What does the official patient leaflet say? provenance
  2. Which regulator publishes it? provenance

Personal

Personal questions.

Personal

Personal advice limits.

  1. Is the user asking whether they personally should take, stop or change a dose? boundary
  2. How should the agent refer them to a pharmacist or doctor? action
Safety Reporting and buying.

Report

Side effects.

Report

Side effect reporting.

  1. How can a suspected side effect be reported to the regulator? action
  2. Which form applies here? provenance

Buying

Legitimate sellers.

Buying

Buying safely.

  1. Is the online pharmacy registered, according to official lists? provenance
  2. What are the risks of falsified medicines? boundary
Practical Storage and disposal.

Storage

Keeping medicines.

Storage

Storage.

  1. How should this medicine be stored, and out of reach of children? provenance
  2. What does the label say about temperature? provenance

Disposal

Unused medicines.

Disposal

Disposal.

  1. How should unused medicines be disposed of here? provenance
  2. Do pharmacies take them back? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.OBJ

What it is Filled

A substance or product used to diagnose, treat, cure, relieve or prevent disease, including prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines and vaccines, regulated for quality, safety and efficacy.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent give general, sourced information about medications, route poisoning or overdose to emergency services first, and point people to pharmacists and doctors rather than giving personal medical advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Regulated by medicines agencies
  • Has active substances and dosage forms
  • Can cause side effects and interactions
  • Prescription status varies by country

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Recommend starting, stopping or changing a medicine or its dose for a person.
  • Help anyone buy medicines from unlicensed sellers or obtain prescription medicines without a prescription.
  • Give information meant to cause overdose or poisoning.
  • Diagnose conditions or prescribe treatment.

Only with a human decision

  • Any decision on a person's medicines.
  • Giving medicines to another person.

May

  • Report official medicine information such as approved uses, warnings and storage from regulators and leaflets.
  • Remind people to follow their prescriber's or pharmacist's instructions.
  • Flag known interactions listed in official sources and advise checking with a pharmacist.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Medicines save lives but cause harm when misused or falsified.
  • People's health information is private.

Who is affected

  • Patients
  • Carers and families
  • Children who may access medicines

Owners Filled

Steward

The marketing authorization holder answers for the product; medicines regulators authorize it and the prescriber answers for its use.

Master systems

  • National medicines registers of authorized products
  • Adverse reaction reporting systems

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q12034612 - registry parent class
  • Q8386 - registry parent class

related

  • medicinal product - category
  • medicines regulatory agency - regulator
  • ATC classification - scheme

contains

  • active ingredient - component

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.medication
  • Wikidata: Q12140 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12140)
  • WHO ATC code: e.g. N02BE01 classification

Direct properties required Filled

  • Unit mass: mg - Measure the mass of an individual solid dosage unit with a calibrated balance and distinguish total product mass from active ingredient content.
  • Liquid volume: mL - Measure the volume of a liquid preparation with calibrated volumetric equipment under stated conditions.
  • Mass concentration: mg/mL - Determine the mass of a specified ingredient per unit volume of liquid preparation using a validated analytical method.
  • Tablet diameter: mm - Measure a round tablet across its centre with a suitable dimensional instrument, since dimensions depend on the formulation.

Recognition required Filled

  • Packs with names, strengths and leaflets
  • Prescription-only or over-the-counter status
  • Food supplements are regulated differently
  • Tablets, capsules, liquids, injections, inhalers, creams and patches in labelled packs.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • read official product information
  • find how to report side effects
  • dispose of unused medicines safely
  • prepare questions for a pharmacist or doctor

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Overdose and poisoning
  • Interactions and allergies
  • Falsified medicines from unlicensed sellers
  • Agents giving personal medical advice

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • EU and national medicines law
  • Pharmacovigilance reporting systems
  • WHO ATC and INN systems

Context of use required Filled

  • Treating and preventing illness.
  • prescription medicines
  • over-the-counter medicines
  • vaccines and biologics
  • generic and branded medicines
  • herbal medicinal products

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q12140: medication - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Medication - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each medicine be a separate entry?
  • How should official product information be linked?
  • How should country-specific status be recorded?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12140/spec.json