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+> Introduced in Version 15
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+Frappe Health allows you to configure templates for Medications
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+This can be used for identifying and defining medication, including ingredients, for the purposes of prescribing, dispensing, and administering a medication as well as for making statements about medication use.
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+## How to create a Medication
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+To create Medication, go to:
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+> Healthcare > Medication
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+<img class="screenshot" alt="ERPNext Healthcare Medication" src="/files/medication.png">
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+- **Generic Name**: Specify the name of the Medication.
+- **Medication Class**: You can group medications and other compounds that have similar chemical structures using this field.
+- **National Drug Code**: Drugs are identified and reported using a unique, three-segment number called the National Drug Code (NDC) which serves as the FDA's identifier for drugs. FDA publishes the listed NDC numbers in the NDC Directory which is updated daily.
+- **Strength**: Amount of drug in a given Medication.
+- **Is Combination**: Check this if the medication is a combination of medications.
+- **Combinations Section**: Different combinations can be added in the table.
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+Apart from this, the Defaults section allows you to mention the standard Dosage Form, defaults for Dosage, Duration, Interval etc. which will be fetched when creating Orders via Patient Encounter.
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+<img class="screenshot" alt="ERPNext Healthcare Medication" src="/files/medcation1.png">
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+Created Medications can be selected while recording a Patient Encounter in the drug prescription table.
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+### Combination
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+<img class="screenshot" alt="ERPNext Healthcare Medication" src="/files/medication2.png">
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+Combination helps you to describe a compounded product that is manufactured by the combination of medications . In this case Aceclofenac (100mg) + Paracetamol (325mg) is created by the combination of Aceclofenac and Paracetamol.
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+<img class="screenshot" alt="ERPNext Healthcare Medication" src="/files/medication3.png">
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+Medications usually have variants based on brands and manufacturers. With the Linked Item Table it can be configured.
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+### Codification
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+Different medical codes from different Medical Code Standards can be configured in this section.
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+During the time of prescription, Practitioner will be able to choose from the brands and manufacturers from the drug prescription table in Patient Encounter.
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+<img class="screenshot" alt="ERPNext Healthcare Medication" src="/files/medication_in_encounter.png">