DrugClass

A class of medical drugs, e.g., statins. Classes can represent general pharmacological class, common mechanisms of action, common physiological effects, etc.

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from DrugClass
`adverseDrugEvent`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/62014003 or AdverseDrugReaction	Adverse drug events (ADEs) are defined as any injuries resulting from medication use, including physical harm, mental harm, or loss of function. ADEs, compared to medication errors, are a more direct measure of patient harm.
`drug`	Drug or http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/410942007	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure
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 short description of the item.
`image`	ImageObject or URL	URL of an image of the item.
`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.
Properties from MedicalEntity
`alternateName`	Text	An alias for the item.
`belongsTo`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a resource to which another resource belongs. Typically here it's used to link a medicalRecord to the Patient where isPartOf can't be used'. e.g :MedicalRecord schema:belongsTo :Patient
`bodyPosition`	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/364830008	Specifying a position of human body or anatomical entity in given space e.g. Supine body position, standing position, sitting position etc.
`causalityStatus`	MedicalEntity	Causality score or ranking following a codified system (like HL7 causalityExpectation) or not.
`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.
`dateTime`	DateTime	Specifying an instant of something. Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a point in time when an event or action occurs.
`guideline`	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
`interval`	QuantitativeValue	Typically derived from W3C Time Ontology this describes a time interval when an event or action occurs.
`medicalDepartment`	MedicalDepartment	Specifying the medical department where a procedure or a care event is taking place or attended by a patient.
`medicalScore`	MedicalScore	Specifying a medical score resource
`medicineSystem`	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
`physiologicalRole`	PhysiologicalEntity	Specifying any physiological role of something
`playsRole`	MedicalEntity	Specifying the role played by an agent
`possibleCause`	MedicalEntity	Specifying a possible cause of something
`rankOrder`	Number	The rank order number of something. Typically used together with schema:numerator and schema:denominator. eg. refill number 4 out of 10.
`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.
`severity`	Severity	Specifying a severity evaluation of a disease: typically by classification resource or ranking scale: mild, moderate, severe, life threatening or fatal
`study`	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
`totalValue`	Number	Total number of something.

Instances of DrugClass may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
`drugClass`	Drug	The class of drug this belongs to (e.g., statins).

Acknowledgements

This class contains information contributed by WikiDoc.

Examples

Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD

<h1>About High Blood Pressure (hypertension)</h1>
<h2>Diagnosis</h2>
High blood pressure is diagnosed by measuring ...
...
<h2>Treatment</h2>
There are many common treatments for high blood pressure,
including beta-blocker drugs such as propanaolol (Innopran)
and atenonlol (Tenormin) ...

<body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/MedicalWebPage">
  <link itemprop="audience" href="http://schema.org/Patient" />
  <link itemprop="specialty" href="http://schema.org/Cardiovascular" />
  <meta itemprop="lastReviewed" content="2011-09-14"/>
  <h1>About
    <span itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/MedicalCondition">
      <span itemprop="name">High Blood Pressure</span>
      (<span itemprop="name">hypertension</span>)</span>
  </h1>
  ...
  <h2><span itemprop="aspect">Diagnosis</span></h2>
  High blood pressure is diagnosed by measuring ...
  ...
  <h2><span itemprop="aspect">Treatment</span></h2>
  There are many common treatments for high blood pressure,
  including
  <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/DrugClass">
    <span itemprop="name">beta-blocker</span> drugs such as
    <span itemprop="drug" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Drug">
      <span itemprop="nonProprietaryName">propanaolol</span>
      (<span itemprop="otherName">Innopran</span>)
    </span>
  and
    <span itemprop="drug" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Drug">
      <span itemprop="nonProprietaryName">atenolol</span>
      (<span itemprop="otherName">Tenormin</span>)
    </span> ...
  ...
</body>

<body vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="MedicalWebPage">
  <link property="audience" href="http://schema.org/Patient" />
  <link property="specialty" href="http://schema.org/Cardiovascular" />
  <meta property="lastReviewed" content="2011-09-14"/>
  <h1>About
    <span property="about"  typeof="MedicalCondition">
      <span property="name">High Blood Pressure</span>
      (<span property="name">hypertension</span>)</span>
  </h1>
  ...
  <h2><span property="aspect">Diagnosis</span></h2>
  High blood pressure is diagnosed by measuring ...
  ...
  <h2><span property="aspect">Treatment</span></h2>
  There are many common treatments for high blood pressure,
  including
  <span  typeof="DrugClass">
    <span property="name">beta-blocker</span> drugs such as
    <span property="drug"  typeof="Drug">
      <span property="nonProprietaryName">propanaolol</span>
      (<span property="otherName">Innopran</span>)
    </span>
  and
    <span property="drug"  typeof="Drug">
      <span property="nonProprietaryName">atenolol</span>
      (<span property="otherName">Tenormin</span>)
    </span> ...
  ...
</body>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "MedicalWebPage",
  "about": {
    "@type": "MedicalCondition",
    "name": [
      "High Blood Pressure",
      "hypertension"
    ]
  },
  "aspect": [
    "Diagnosis",
    "Treatment"
  ],
  "audience": "http://schema.org/Patient",
  "drug": [
    {
      "@type": "Drug",
      "nonProprietaryName": "propanaolol",
      "otherName": "Innopran"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Drug",
      "nonProprietaryName": "atenolol",
      "otherName": "Tenormin"
    }
  ],
  "lastReviewed": "2011-09-14",
  "name": "beta-blocker",
  "specialty": "http://schema.org/Cardiovascular"
}
</script>

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