Prescriptions & Pharmacies

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Prescriptions

 

OVERVIEW

 

The prescription system was developed to enhance the experience of medical roleplay on the server, allowing medical factions to prescribe medications for players to be dispensed by pharmacies. The system was designed to be as immersive as possible, providing interesting avenues of roleplaying around it. 

 

ISSUING PRESCRIPTIONS

 

A prescription can be issued by on duty players in a hospital faction. The player simply has to type in /prescriptions which will bring up the prescriptions menu. This will allow them to search existing prescriptions or to create a new prescription. From this page, they will be able to choose the drug to prescribe (configured by LFM), the dosage, as well as other IC information such as diagnosis and use instructions.

 

 

DISPENSING PRESCRIPTIONS

 

From that point on, the player who has been issued the prescription needs to have it dispensed via a pharmacy, which is a new business type. This process is supported by the script, but it is mostly roleplayed to give players the opportunity to roleplay around the script and have some wiggle room for fraud, etc. Players can show their prescription to someone else by showing them the actual prescription item or using /showprescription if desired. 

 

 

From here, the pharmacist will have to find the prescription on the system, either by searching the patient's name or the prescription number. They will have an option to "dispense" the prescription, which will spawn in the prescribed medications and charge the pharmacy business bank account for the cost. It will inform the pharmacist of the amount they need to collect from the patient, which is roughly a 20% profit margin for the business.

 

 

PHARMACY BUSINESSES

 

As mentioned above, pharmacy business types will be added. In addition to the obvious use case of dispensing prescriptions (which requires a pharmacist on startshift), some items will be moved from 24/7 to pharmacies to facilitate roleplay better, such as painkillers, bandages, syringes, plan B pills, etc. These items will still be purchasable even if no one is on startshift, just like the current 24/7 script. Some special items may be added in the future to pharmacies as well.

 

Pharmacies can be requested from LFM and will have a UCP application soon like other legal requests.

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MEDICATIONS

 

In order to build on the foundation of the script, medications have been introduced, which are different from scripted drugs. While scripted drugs can still be prescribed if a drug exists on the server (like Fentanyl or Morphine), an alternative was needed for drugs and medications that are not supported by the drug script either because they are not significant enough or not used enough. As such, medics, hospital staff, and pharmacy employees on shift can now use /createmedication.

 

This means that doctors and medical staff can now prescribe any medication by entering its name in the prescription window. Pharmacies will be able to dispense scripted drugs (like Fentanyl or Morphine) if needed, or prompted to use /createmedication if the drug is not scripted. However, the use of /createmedication is not limited to prescriptions and can be used in medical/pharmacy settings freely as long as it remains realistic.

 

 

 

 

This allows medical personnel and pharmacists to create medications. Currently supported categories are:

• Analgesic,
• NSAID,
• Antibiotic,
• Antipyretic,
• Antihistamine,
• Antidepressant,
• Antipsychotic,
• Anticonvulsant,
• Antiemetic,
• Bronchodilator,
• Anticoagulant,
• Insulin

Medications can also have one of four types: Pills, Syrup, Cream, or Drops.

 

Using medications increases health significantly (but not above 100 HP) and will list the effects of the drugs for the player to roleplay (based on the medication category). In addition, if the player is suffering from a medical condition and has used the correct drug to treat it, the duration of the medical condition will be shortened a little.

 

 

This script aims to make medical roleplay more immersive for medical factions and patients, and will continue to be improved based on community suggestions and feedback.