Basic Dose Form

Overview

The basic dose form represents a general type of pharmaceutical formulation (e.g., tablet, capsule, cream, ointment, solution, emulsion) used for medicinal products. To support fully defining concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy, a hierarchy representing basic dose form is required.

Concepts in the 736478001 |Basic dose form (basic dose form)| hierarchy will be used to model concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; they will not be used to model concepts in the 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchy.

The 736478001 |Basic dose form (basic dose form)| hierarchy is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value)|.

Descendants shall be modeled as follows.

Use the following pattern for the FSN; align naming and case sensitivity with the FSN for the concept that is selected as the attribute value, excluding the semantic tag.

Template:

• Basic dose form with <State of matter> state of matter (basic dose form)

For example,

• Basic dose form with liquid state of matter (basic dose form)

• Basic dose form with solid state of matter (basic dose form)

Use the following pattern for the PT; align naming and case sensitivity with the PT for the concept that is selected as the attribute value.

Template:

• <State of matter PT> state of matter

For example,

• Liquid dose form

• Solid dose form

A synonym to match the FSN is required.

Additional synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Preferred; not required.

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the basic dose form:

• X (basic dose form)

For example,

• Cream (basic dose form)

• Gel (basic dose form)

• Suppository (basic dose form)

• Tablet (basic dose form)

Exceptions:

• Plural form to be used for Granules (basic dose form)

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the basic dose form:

• X

For example,

• Cream

• Gel

• Suppository

• Tablet

Exceptions:

• Plural form to be used for Granules

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Text definitions are not required but are encouraged.