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# Medication

> This resource is primarily used for the identification and definition of a medication for the purposes of prescribing, dispensing, and administering a medication as well as for making statements about medication use.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | Business identifier for this medication |
| code | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Codes that identify this medication |
| status | No | code | active / inactive / entered-in-error |
| manufacturer | No | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)> | Manufacturer of the item |
| form | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | powder / tablets / capsule + |
| amount | No | [Ratio](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/ratio) | Amount of drug in package |
| ingredient | No | MedicationIngredient | Active or inactive ingredient |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - item\[x] | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept), Reference\<[Substance](/medical-api/fhir/resources/substance) / [Medication](/medical-api/fhir/resources/medication)> | The actual ingredient or content |
| - isActive | No | boolean | Active ingredient indicator |
| - strength | No | [Ratio](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/ratio) | Quantity of ingredient present |
| batch | No | MedicationBatch | Details about packaged medications |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - lotNumber | No | string | Identifier assigned to batch |
| - expirationDate | No | dateTime | When batch will expire |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| code | token | Returns medications for a specific code | Medication.code |
| expiration-date | date | Returns medications in a batch with this expiration date | Medication.batch.expirationDate |
| form | token | Returns medications for a specific dose form | Medication.form |
| identifier | token | Returns medications with this external identifier | Medication.identifier |
| ingredient | reference | Returns medications for this ingredient reference | Medication.ingredient.item |
| ingredient-code | token | Returns medications for this ingredient code | Medication.ingredient.item |
| lot-number | token | Returns medications in a batch with this lot number | Medication.batch.lotNumber |
| manufacturer | reference | Returns medications made or sold for this manufacturer | Medication.manufacturer |
| status | token | Returns medications for this status | Medication.status |

## Inherited Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative) | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource\[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [Medication](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Medication).


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