medication
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.
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Purpose and description
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.
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.
What it is for: Treating and preventing illness.
It can be read official product information; find how to report side effects; dispose of unused medicines safely; prepare questions for a pharmacist or doctor.
Distinguishing features
Regulated by medicines agencies
Has active substances and dosage forms
Can cause side effects and interactions
Prescription status varies by country
What it looks like
Tablets, capsules, liquids, injections, inhalers, creams and patches in labelled packs.
How it is recognised
Packs with names, strengths and leaflets
Prescription-only or over-the-counter status
Food supplements are regulated differently
Related models
is a kind of - category
contains - component
is regulated by - regulator
is classified by - scheme
In practice
Families and kinds
prescription medicines
over-the-counter medicines
vaccines and biologics
generic and branded medicines
herbal medicinal products
Identifiers
WHO ATC code e.g. N02BE01 classification
Standards and regulation
EU and national medicines law
Pharmacovigilance reporting systems
WHO ATC and INN systems
Failure modes and hazards
Overdose and poisoning
Interactions and allergies
Falsified medicines from unlicensed sellers
Agents giving personal medical advice
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Emergency Poisoning.
Safety comes first.
Overdose
Too much taken.
Overdose
Overdose.
- Has someone taken too much, or a child swallowed a medicine? boundary
- Which emergency number or poison centre should be called now? action
Reaction
Severe reactions.
Reaction
Severe reactions.
- Are there signs of a severe allergic reaction such as breathing difficulty? boundary
- Should emergency services be called immediately? action
Information Official facts.
Official information is primary.
Leaflet
Product information.
Leaflet
Product information.
- What does the official patient leaflet say? provenance
- Which regulator publishes it? provenance
Personal
Personal questions.
Personal
Personal advice limits.
- Is the user asking whether they personally should take, stop or change a dose? boundary
- How should the agent refer them to a pharmacist or doctor? action
Safety Reporting and buying.
Systems protect patients.
Report
Side effects.
Report
Side effect reporting.
- How can a suspected side effect be reported to the regulator? action
- Which form applies here? provenance
Buying
Legitimate sellers.
Buying
Buying safely.
- Is the online pharmacy registered, according to official lists? provenance
- What are the risks of falsified medicines? boundary
Practical Storage and disposal.
Handling matters.
Storage
Keeping medicines.
Storage
Storage.
- How should this medicine be stored, and out of reach of children? provenance
- What does the label say about temperature? provenance
Disposal
Unused medicines.
Disposal
Disposal.
- How should unused medicines be disposed of here? provenance
- Do pharmacies take them back? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each medicine be a separate entry?
- How should official product information be linked?
- How should country-specific status be recorded?