Dose Form Release Characteristic
Overview
736480007 |Dose form release characteristic (release characteristic)| represents a general type of pattern of release (e.g. conventional, modified, delayed, prolonged) of the active ingredient substance(s) from the dose form.
|Dose form release characteristic (release characteristic)| is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value) that supports fully defining the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy.
|Dose form release characteristic (release characteristic)| is used to model the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; it is not used to model 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)|.
Modeling
Parent concept | 736480007 |Dose form release characteristic (release characteristic) or one or more descendants of 736480007 |Dose form release characteristic (release characteristic) |
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Semantic tag | (release characteristic) |
Definition status | Primitive |
Attributes | None |
Naming
FSN | Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the release characteristic, adding a hyphen when appropriate Combined release-characteristic concepts may be created to support modeling of concepts that display multiple release characteristics in a single formulation.
For example,
*Prolonged was selected rather than Extended because feedback was received that it is more clear to translate for non-English speaking users; existing national drug extensions appear to use one or the other of these terms. **Modified-release is a grouper that is not allowed to be used to model an international clinical drug concept. |
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Preferred Term | Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the release characteristic, adding a hyphen when appropriate: X For example,
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Synonyms | Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines. |
Text Definitions | Preferred; not required. |
Exemplars
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view for 736849007 |Conventional release (release characteristic)|:
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view for 736848004 |Delayed-release (release characteristic)|:
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view for 737594003 |Delayed-release and prolonged-release (release characteristic)|:
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