A reference medication represents a medication of a given brand, form and strength, regardless of its packaging. It may have one or more associated packaged medications representing its packaged forms.

Here is an example:

{
    "id": 140802941648943,
    "rxnorm_cuis": [  // Associated RxNorm concept identifiers 
        "313782"
    ],
    "ndcs": [  // National Drug Codes of associated packaged medications
        "70677-1119-01",
        "70677-1243-01"
    ],
    "active_ndcs": [  // NDCs of associated packaged medications that aren't beyond their market end date
        "70677-1119-01",
        "70677-1243-01"
    ],
    "name": "FT Pain Relief Tab 325 mg",
    "brand_name": "FT Pain Relief",
    "generic_name": "Acetaminophen Tab 325 mg",
    "is_controlled": false,
    "type": "otc",
    "route": "Oral",
    "strength": "325 mg",
    "form": "Tab",  // The physical form of the medication, e.g. Cap, Gel, Powder, Tab
    "practice": null,  // null for reference medications from the standard formulary,
                       // else the id of the practice that created the reference medication
    "created_date": "2024-08-18T09:27:38Z",
    "creation_type": "medispan",
    "market_end_date": null,  // Example: "2023-05-01T07:00:00Z"
    "obsolete_date": null     // Example: "2023-05-01T07:00:00Z"
}

Allowed Values

Attribute	Allowed Values
type	"otc", "prescription", "discontinued"
route	"Buccal", "Combination", "Dental", "Enteral", "Epidural", "External", "Extracorporeal", "Hemodialysis", "Implant", "In Vitro", "Inhalation", "Injection", "Intra-arterial", "Intra-articular", "Intracavernosal", "Intradermal", "Intralesional", "Intramuscular", "Intraocular", "Intraperitoneal", "Intrapleural", "Intraspinal", "Intrathecal", "Intratracheal", "Intratympanic", "Intrauterine", "Intravenous", "Intraventricular", "Intravesical", "Intravitreal", "Iontophoresis", "Irrigation", "Mouth/Throat", "Nasal", "Ophthalmic", "Oral", "Otic", "Perfusion", "Periarticular", "Rectal", "Subcutaneous", "Sublingual", "Transdermal", "Translingual", "Ureteral", "Urethral", "Vaginal"
creation_type	"user", "medispan", "ss", "disp"