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20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection — RxCUI 1718900

Name: 20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection (RxCUI 1718900)
Creator: Brian Staiger, PharmD

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug

RxCUI 1718900 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 19 FDA products 23 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

This page is curated, coded, and maintained by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD

Compiled from public NLM RxNorm and FDA (openFDA NDC directory) data sources. Editorial policy

What you’re looking at: the standardized identity of one medicine, as the U.S. drug-data system sees it. Below — every FDA-listed product, package code, price benchmark, and billing code that maps to it.

🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI1718900

Official name20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection

Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)

RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept

Also known asdexmedetomidine (as dexmedetomidine HCl) 80 MCG per 20 ML Injection; dexmedeTOMIDine HCl 80 MCG in 20 ML Injection

FDA products mapped19

Package NDCs mapped23

Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)8,519 prescriptions · 16 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025

RxNorm release07/06/2026

Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How 20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.

This page's concept 20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection RxCUI 1718900 Semantic clinical drug · SCD

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

Ingredients 1

The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
- Dexmedetomidine 48937 IN
Brand names 1

The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.
- Precedex 262138 BN
Dose forms 6

The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
- Dexmedetomidine Injection 1718899 SCDF
- Dexmedetomidine Injectable Product 1154546 SCDG
- Dexmedetomidine Injection [Precedex] 1718901 SBDF
- Precedex Injectable Product 1185233 SBDG
- Injection 1649574 DF
- Injectable Product 1151126 DFG
Clinical & branded drugs 3

Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
- Dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML 1249680 SCDC
- 20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection [Precedex] 1718902 SBD
- Dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML [Precedex] 1373736 SBDC

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 11 of 11 stored related concepts drawn.

These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

Dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML SCDC · 1249680
Dexmedetomidine Injection SCDF · 1718899
Dexmedetomidine Injectable Product SCDG · 1154546

Brand-Name Concepts

20 ML dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML Injection [Precedex] SBD · 1718902
Dexmedetomidine 0.004 MG/ML [Precedex] SBDC · 1373736
Dexmedetomidine Injection [Precedex] SBDF · 1718901
Precedex Injectable Product SBDG · 1185233
Precedex BN · 262138

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

19 products · 23 package NDCs

23 package NDCs map to RxCUI 1718900 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.

Package NDC	Package	Brand / generic name	Labeler	Marketing start
00409-1174-10	10 BOTTLE in 1 TRAY (0409-1174-10) / 100 mL in 1 BOTTLE (04...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2022-03-07
00409-1434-01	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0409-1434-01) / 250 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2020-09-28
00409-1454-20	20 BOTTLE in 1 TRAY (0409-1454-20) / 50 mL in 1 BOTTLE (040...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2022-03-07
00409-1596-10	10 CARTON in 1 CASE (0409-1596-10) / 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2023-11-13
00409-1638-02	25 VIAL in 1 TRAY (0409-1638-02) / 2 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-163...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2004-11-30
00409-1660-10	10 BOTTLE in 1 TRAY (0409-1660-10) / 100 mL in 1 BOTTLE (04...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2013-04-08
00409-1660-20	10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-1660-20) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2015-01-05
00409-1660-50	20 BOTTLE in 1 TRAY (0409-1660-50) / 50 mL in 1 BOTTLE (040...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2013-04-08
00409-2815-01	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0409-2815-01) / 250 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2023-01-17
00409-3301-10	10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0409-3301-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (0409-...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2022-03-07
00409-7838-24	24 POUCH in 1 CASE (0409-7838-24) / 1 BAG in 1 POUCH / 50 m...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2025-03-24
00409-7853-24	24 POUCH in 1 CASE (0409-7853-24) / 1 BAG in 1 POUCH / 100...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2025-03-24
00409-7875-12	12 POUCH in 1 CASE (0409-7875-12) / 1 BAG in 1 POUCH / 250...	Precedex	Hospira, Inc.	2025-03-24
00781-3493-95	10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (0781-3493-95) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE	Sandoz Inc.	2020-06-12
00781-3494-95	10 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0781-3494-95) / 50 mL in 1 BOTTLE	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE	Sandoz Inc.	2020-06-12
00781-3495-95	10 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0781-3495-95) / 100 mL in 1 BOTTLE	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE	Sandoz Inc.	2020-06-12
68094-0047-10	10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (68094-047-10) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (68094...	Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride in Sodium Chloride	Precision Dose, Inc.	2020-11-23
68094-0147-20	20 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (68094-147-20) / 50 mL in 1 BOTTLE (6...	Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride in Sodium Chloride	Precision Dose, Inc.	2020-11-23
68094-0247-10	10 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (68094-247-10) / 100 mL in 1 BOTTLE (...	Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride in Sodium Chloride	Precision Dose, Inc.	2020-11-23
71225-0126-04	10 VIAL in 1 CARTON (71225-126-04) / 20 mL in 1 VIAL (71225...	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Slayback Pharma LLC	2021-12-11
71225-0126-05	20 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (71225-126-05) / 50 mL in 1 BOTTLE (7...	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Slayback Pharma LLC	2019-12-06
71225-0126-06	10 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (71225-126-06) / 100 mL in 1 BOTTLE (...	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Slayback Pharma LLC	2019-12-06
84549-0493-95	20 mL in 1 VIAL (84549-493-95)	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE	ProPharma Distribution	2025-10-10

Observed labelers: Hospira, Inc. (13) · Precision Dose, Inc. (3) · Sandoz Inc. (3) · Slayback Pharma LLC (3) · ProPharma Distribution (1) — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7

openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026

RxNorm release07/06/2026

Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1

A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

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