# MedicationRequest - active prescription, Simvastatin - AU Core Implementation Guide v3.0.0-ballot1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **MedicationRequest - active prescription, Simvastatin**

## Example MedicationRequest: MedicationRequest - active prescription, Simvastatin

| |
| :--- |
| *Page standards status:*[Informative](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) |

Profile: [AU Core MedicationRequest](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationrequest.md)

**status**: Active

**intent**: Order

**medication**: [Medication Simvastatin 40 mg tablet](Medication-simvastatin.md)

**subject**: [Li Wang Male, DoB: 1975-05-03 ( Medical Record Number: 22421441)](Patient-wang-li.md)

**authoredOn**: 2020-07-15

**requester**: [PractitionerRole Surgeon (General)](PractitionerRole-surgeon-chau-fryer.md)

**reasonCode**: High cholesterol

> **dosageInstruction****text**: Take one tablet daily**timing**: Once per 1 day**asNeeded**: true**route**: Oral route

### DoseAndRates

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| - | **Dose[x]** |
| * | 1 TAB (Details: Orderable Drug Form codeTAB = 'Tablet') |




## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "MedicationRequest",
  "id" : "simvastatin",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/au-core-medicationrequest"]
  },
  "status" : "active",
  "intent" : "order",
  "medicationReference" : {
    "reference" : "Medication/simvastatin"
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/wang-li"
  },
  "authoredOn" : "2020-07-15",
  "requester" : {
    "reference" : "PractitionerRole/surgeon-chau-fryer"
  },
  "reasonCode" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "code" : "13644009",
      "display" : "Hypercholesterolaemia"
    }],
    "text" : "High cholesterol"
  }],
  "dosageInstruction" : [{
    "text" : "Take one tablet daily",
    "timing" : {
      "repeat" : {
        "frequency" : 1,
        "period" : 1,
        "periodUnit" : "d"
      }
    },
    "asNeededBoolean" : true,
    "route" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "26643006",
        "display" : "Oral route"
      }]
    },
    "doseAndRate" : [{
      "doseQuantity" : {
        "value" : 1,
        "unit" : "TAB",
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
        "code" : "TAB"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

```
