Drug

A Schema.org Type

Usage: (Google - August 2026)

Thing > Product > Drug
Thing > MedicalEntity > Substance > Drug

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Canonical URL: https://schema.org/Drug
Equivalent Class: snomed:410942007
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A chemical or biologic substance, used as a medical therapy, that has a physiological effect on an organism. Here the term drug is used interchangeably with the term medicine although clinical knowledge makes a clear difference between them.

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Drug
`activeIngredient`	Text	An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances.
`administrationRoute`	Text	A route by which this drug may be administered, e.g. 'oral'.
`alcoholWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of alcohol while taking this drug.
`availableStrength`	DrugStrength	An available dosage strength for the drug.
`breastfeedingWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use by breastfeeding mothers.
`clinicalPharmacology`	Text	Description of the absorption and elimination of drugs, including their concentration (pharmacokinetics, pK) and biological effects (pharmacodynamics, pD). Supersedes clincalPharmacology.
`dosageForm`	Text	A dosage form in which this drug/supplement is available, e.g. 'tablet', 'suspension', 'injection'.
`doseSchedule`	DoseSchedule	A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used.
`drugClass`	DrugClass	The class of drug this belongs to (e.g., statins).
`drugUnit`	Text	The unit in which the drug is measured, e.g. '5 mg tablet'.
`foodWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to consumption of specific foods while taking this drug.
`includedInHealthInsurancePlan`	HealthInsurancePlan	The insurance plans that cover this drug.
`interactingDrug`	Drug	Another drug that is known to interact with this drug in a way that impacts the effect of this drug or causes a risk to the patient. Note: disease interactions are typically captured as contraindications.
`isAvailableGenerically`	Boolean	True if the drug is available in a generic form (regardless of name).
`isProprietary`	Boolean	True if this item's name is a proprietary/brand name (vs. generic name).
`labelDetails`	URL	Link to the drug's label details.
`legalStatus`	DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
`maximumIntake`	MaximumDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.
`mechanismOfAction`	Text	The specific biochemical interaction through which this drug or supplement produces its pharmacological effect.
`nonProprietaryName`	Text	The generic name of this drug or supplement.
`overdosage`	Text	Any information related to overdose on a drug, including signs or symptoms, treatments, contact information for emergency response.
`pregnancyCategory`	DrugPregnancyCategory	Pregnancy category of this drug.
`pregnancyWarning`	Text	Any precaution, guidance, contraindication, etc. related to this drug's use during pregnancy.
`prescribingInfo`	URL	Link to prescribing information for the drug.
`prescriptionStatus`	DrugPrescriptionStatus or Text	Indicates the status of drug prescription, e.g. local catalogs classifications or whether the drug is available by prescription or over-the-counter, etc.
`proprietaryName`	Text	Proprietary name given to the diet plan, typically by its originator or creator.
`relatedDrug`	Drug	Any other drug related to this one, for example commonly-prescribed alternatives.
`rxcui`	Text	The RxCUI drug identifier from RXNORM.
`warning`	Text or URL	Any FDA or other warnings about the drug (text or URL).
Properties from Product
`additionalProperty`	PropertyValue	A property-value pair representing an additional characteristic of the entity, e.g. a product feature or another characteristic for which there is no matching property in schema.org. Note: Publishers should be aware that applications designed to use specific schema.org properties (e.g. https://schema.org/width, https://schema.org/color, https://schema.org/gtin13, ...) will typically expect such data to be provided using those properties, rather than using the generic property/value mechanism.
`aggregateRating`	AggregateRating	The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
`asin`	Text or URL	An Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) is a 10-character alphanumeric unique identifier assigned by Amazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon organization (summary from Wikipedia's article). Note also that this is a definition for how to include ASINs in Schema.org data, and not a definition of ASINs in general - see documentation from Amazon for authoritative details. ASINs are most commonly encoded as text strings, but the [asin] property supports URL/URI as potential values too.
`audience`	Audience	An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
`authorizedRepresentative`	Organization or Person	An organization or person officially appointed to act on behalf of the manufacturer in a specific region or context.
`award`	Text	An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
`brand`	Brand or Organization	The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
`category`	CategoryCode or PhysicalActivityCategory or Text or Thing or URL	A category for the item. Greater signs or slashes can be used to informally indicate a category hierarchy.
`color`	Text	The color of the product.
`colorSwatch`	ImageObject or URL	A color swatch image, visualizing the color of a Product. Should match the textual description specified in the color property. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`consumerNotice`	Text or TextObject or URL or WebContent	A consumer notice, such as a safety warning or mandatory information, related to the product.
`countryOfAssembly`	Text	The place where the product was assembled.
`countryOfLastProcessing`	Text	The place where the item (typically Product) was last processed and tested before importation.
`countryOfOrigin`	Country	The country of origin of something, including products as well as creative works such as movie and TV content. In the case of TV and movie, this would be the country of the principle offices of the production company or individual responsible for the movie. For other kinds of CreativeWork it is difficult to provide fully general guidance, and properties such as contentLocation and locationCreated may be more applicable. In the case of products, the country of origin of the product. The exact interpretation of this may vary by context and product type, and cannot be fully enumerated here.
`depth`	Distance or QuantitativeValue	The depth of the item.
`displayLocation`	Place	The location at which an item can be viewed or experienced in-person.
`funding`	Grant	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo. Inverse property: