---
type: "example"
title: "MedicationRequest Example: medicationrequest-example"
resource: "MedicationRequest"
example: "medicationrequest-example"
---
# MedicationRequest Example: medicationrequest-example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MedicationRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/medicationrequest.xsd"
 xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="example"/>
  <contained>
    <Medication>
      <id value="med0320"/>
      <code>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
          <code value="324252006"/>
          <display value="Azithromycin (as azithromycin dihydrate) 250 mg oral capsule"/>
        </coding>
      </code>
    </Medication>
  </contained>
  <status value="active" />
  <intent value="order">
  </intent>
  <medicationReference>
    <reference value="#med0320"/>
  </medicationReference>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
  </subject>
  <requester>
    <reference value="Practitioner/f007"/>
    <display value="Patrick Pump"/>

  </requester>



  <dosageInstruction>
    <simple>
      <text value="5ml three times daily" />
      <additionalInstruction>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
          <code value="311504000"/>
          <display value="With or after food"/>
        </coding>
      </additionalInstruction>
      <timing>
        <repeat>
          <frequency value="3"/>
          <period value="1"/>
          <periodUnit value="d"/>
        </repeat>
      </timing>
      <route>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
          <code value="394899003"/>
          <display value="oral administration of treatment"/>
        </coding>
      </route>
      <doseAndRate>
        <type>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type"/>
            <code value="ordered"/>
            <display value="Ordered"/>
          </coding>
        </type>
        <doseQuantity>
          <value value="5"/>
          <unit value="ml"/>
          <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
          <code value="ml"/>
        </doseQuantity>
      </doseAndRate>
    </simple>    
  </dosageInstruction>

  <dispenseRequest>
    <quantity>
      <value value="100"/>
      <unit value="ml"/>
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
      <code value="ml"/>
    </quantity>
  </dispenseRequest>

</MedicationRequest>
```