MedicinalIngredient

MedicinalIngredient is a child object of Medication that represents substances or drugs that are used as ingredients in the medication. This object is available in API version 52.0 and later.

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert()

Fields

Field Details
IngredientId
Type
Polymorphic reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The substance that’s used as an ingredient in the medication. If the ingredient is another medication or drug, reference a Medication record. If the ingredient is not a medication, reference a code set bundle record with the system-defined code that represents the ingredient.
Referenced Objects
Medication, CodeSetBundle
IsActive
Type
boolean
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
Indicates whether the ingredient is an active ingredient in the medication. An active ingredient affects the therapeutic action of the medication.
The default value is 'false'.
LastReferencedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The most recent date on which a user referenced this record.
LastViewedDate
Type
dateTime
Properties
Filter, Nillable, Sort
Description
The most recent date on which a user viewed this record.
Name
Type
string
Properties
Autonumber, Defaulted on create, Filter, idLookup, Sort
Description
The system-generated name of the record.
OwnerId
Type
Polymorphic reference
Properties
Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The owner of the record.
Referenced Objects
Group, User
ParentRecordId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update
Description
The medication that this ingredient is a part of.
This is a relationship field.
Referenced Objects
Medication
StrengthDenominator
Type
double
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The denominator value of the ingredient’s strength or quantity in the medication.
StrengthDenominatorUnitId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The unit of StrengthDenominator
Referenced Objects
UnitOfMeasure
StrengthNumerator
Type
double
Properties
Create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The numerator value of the ingredient’s strength or quantity in the medication.
StrengthNumeratorUnitId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update
Description
The unit of StrengthNumerator
This is a relationship field.
Refers To
UnitOfMeasure

Usage

Ingredients are added to a medication record by creating MedicinalIngredient records to represent each ingredient, and then referencing the medication record using the ParentRecordId field in all the MedicinalIngredient records.

Associated Objects

This object has the following associated objects. If the API version isn’t specified, they’re available in the same API versions as this object. Otherwise, they’re available in the specified API version and later.

MedicinalIngredientChangeEvent (API Version 62.0)
Change events are available for the object.
MedicinalIngredientFeed
Feed tracking is available for the object.
MedicinalIngredientHistory
History is available for tracked fields of the object.
MedicinalIngredientShare
Sharing is available for the object.