Re: [Gnumed-devel] PHP to drug db

[Ian Haywood]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:03:04PM +0200, Hilmar Berger wrote:
> > 4/ drug_routes appears to be 'orphaned': a link in product?
> yes, but I would prefer a link in generic drug, since a product may have
> different parts (say creme + suppository).

Putting it in generic drug would create problems of consistency. "oral
flucloxacillin" has pretty much the same side-effects/indications etc. as "IV
flucloxacillin". for example.

The issue of multi-part products is difficult, similar to triphasic Pills
(different tablets have different doses), I'm not sure how to deal with this
without complicating the database structure a great deal.

Ian