Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Jim Cimino
A Modest Goal
• Mapping actual drugs to Clinical Drug terms
• Exchanging Clinical Drug terms sufficient for a
variety of purposes
• Question:
– Will some loss of information be acceptable?
– Does decision support care about pill vs. capsule?
Clincial Drug Review
• Active ingredients
– Chemical
– Form Strength
• Strength amount
• Strength units
• Volume
• Volume units
• Dosage form
Focus on Dosage Form
• 3982 comparisons
• 111 synonyms
• 72% match rate
• What went wrong?
Examination of Dosage Forms
• Compare use of each form, in each
source, with use in other sources for
corresponding medications
• Look for irregularities in source
• Look for 100% agreement
• When not 100% agreement, look at
hierarchical subsumption
Irregularities in Sources
NDC: 0000153144|FLUORITAB TABLETS CHEWABLE CHERRY|1.1|MG|
TAB CHEW|100|BOT:
A:: |FLUORITAB 0.5MG TABLET CHEW^SODIUM FLUORIDE|
CHEWABLE TABLET|SODIUM FLUORIDE^00000000.500^MG
^0000.000^
A
Sodium Fluoride
1.1 MG
B Chewable Tablet
C
Irregularities in Sources
NDC: 0000014889|PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE EXTENDED
RELEASE CAPSULES|80|MG|CAP ER|100|BOT
A: LOTION: 1: LOTION|
B: LOTION: 1: LOTION|
C: LOTION: 1: LOTION|
D: LOTION: 1: LOTION|
E: LOTION: 1: LOTION|
Example of 100% Agreement
A: TABLET CR: 14: TAB E REL|TAB FC ER
B: TABLET CR: 6: TAB FC ER|TAB SUG CO|
C: TABLET CR: 9: TAB FC ER|TAB E REL|
D: TABLET CR: 14: TAB E REL|TAB FC ER|TAB FC|
E: TABLET CR: 7: TAB FC ER|TAB E REL|
Example of <100% Agreement
A: AEROSOL: 2: INHALANT|AEROSL SPR|
B: AEROSOL: 1: INHALANT|
C: AEROSOL: 1: INHALANT|
SPRAY, TOPICAL, DERMAL: 1: AEROSL SPR|
D: AEROSOL: 2: INHALANT|AEROSL SPR|
E: AEROSOL: 1: INHALANT|
Handling Ambiguity
Aerosol
Terbutaline Triamcinolone
Sulfate is-a Acetonide
A 0.2mg/ACT A
Inhaled Dermal 0.147mg/GM
Aerosol Aerosol
D Aerosol Aerosol
is-a is-a
B
Terbutaline Triamcinolone
C Sulfate Acetonide
0.2mg/ACT 0.147mg/GM C
E
Inhaled Aerosol Dermal Aerosol
Example of Subsumption
Aerosol ():
A(AEROSOL) D(AEROSOL)