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Clarithromycin 500 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 197517

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 197517 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 48 FDA products 141 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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

RxCUI197517
Official nameClarithromycin 500 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped48
Package NDCs mapped141
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)107,049 prescriptions · 52 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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Our pharmacist-built guide to Clarithromycin: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

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  • It is an antibiotic for mild to moderate bacterial infections, such as bronchitis flare-ups, sinus infections, pneumonia, throat, skin and ear infections. Some forms are also used...
  • Take it by mouth exactly as your prescriber directed. Tablets can be taken with or without food. Extended-release tablets should be taken with food and swallowed whole. Finish the...
  • Stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, belly pain, headache and a strange taste in your mouth are the most common. Call your doctor if you get a severe rash, yellow skin or eye...
  • It interacts with many drugs, so give me your full list. Some, like simvastatin, lovastatin, colchicine in certain people, and pimozide, should not be combined with it. Blood thinn...
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Clarithromycin 500 MG Oral Tablet 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 Clarithromycin 500 MG Oral Tablet RxCUI 197517

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

  1. Ingredients 1

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Clarithromycin 21212
  2. Brand names 1

    The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.

    • Biaxin 203729
  3. Dose forms 9

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Clarithromycin Oral Tablet 371540
    • Clarithromycin Oral Product 1152762
    • Clarithromycin Pill 1152763
    • Clarithromycin Oral Tablet [Biaxin] 369494
    • Biaxin Oral Product 1173624
    • Biaxin Pill 1173625
    • Oral Tablet 317541
    • Oral Product 1151131
    • +1 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 3

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

    • Clarithromycin 500 MG 315695
    • Clarithromycin 500 MG Oral Tablet [Biaxin] 205866
    • Clarithromycin 500 MG [Biaxin] 566754
  5. Packs 6

    Fixed collections of drugs packaged and sold together, like dose packs.

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 19 of 20 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

Brand-Name Concepts

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

48 products · 141 package NDCs
141 package NDCs map to RxCUI 197517 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
00527-1931-06 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0527-1931-06) Clarithromycin Lannett Company, Inc. 2019-11-23
00527-1932-06 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0527-1932-06) Clarithromycin Lannett Company, Inc. 2019-11-23
00781-1961-60 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (0781-1961-60) Clarithromycin Sandoz Inc 2005-10-18
00781-1962-60 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (0781-1962-60) Clarithromycin Sandoz Inc 2005-08-25
00904-6872-04 30 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (0904-6872-04) / 1 TABLET, FILM... Clarithromycin Major Pharmaceuticals 2012-07-25
43063-0530-14 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-530-14) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2013-09-30
43063-0530-20 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-530-20) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2013-09-30
43063-0752-14 14 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-752-14) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019-11-23
43063-0752-20 20 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-752-20) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019-11-23
43063-0752-28 28 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-752-28) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019-11-23
43063-0823-20 20 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-823-20) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2018-01-08
43063-0823-28 28 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (43063-823-28) Clarithromycin PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2018-02-22
46708-0344-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-344-30) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
46708-0344-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-344-60) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
46708-0344-91 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-344-91) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
46708-0345-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-345-30) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
46708-0345-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-345-60) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
46708-0345-91 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-345-91) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-02-01
50090-1830-00 20 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (50090-1830-0) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2015-05-18
50090-1830-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (50090-1830-1) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2015-05-18
50090-1830-02 14 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (50090-1830-2) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2015-05-18
50090-1830-03 28 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (50090-1830-3) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2025-05-22
50090-5282-00 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50090-5282-0) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2020-10-22
50090-5282-01 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50090-5282-1) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2020-10-22
50090-5282-02 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50090-5282-2) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2020-10-22
50090-5282-03 28 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50090-5282-3) Clarithromycin A-S Medication Solutions 2023-12-11
50268-0178-15 50 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (50268-178-15) / 1 TABL... Clarithromycin AvPAK 2016-10-10
50268-0179-13 30 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (50268-179-13) / 1 TABL... Clarithromycin AvPAK 2016-10-10
51655-0668-20 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (51655-668-20) Clarithromycin Northwind Health Company, LLC 2023-04-03
51655-0668-52 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (51655-668-52) Clarithromycin Northwind Health Company, LLC 2023-05-10
57237-0001-14 14 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (57237-001-14) / 1 KIT in 1 BLI... Lansoprazole, Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2016-10-14
57237-0044-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-044-60) Clarithromycin Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2012-07-25
57237-0045-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-045-60) Clarithromycin Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2012-07-25
60687-0435-21 30 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (60687-435-21) / 1 TABL... Clarithromycin American Health Packaging 2020-01-29
62135-0615-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (62135-615-60) CLARITHROMYCIN Chartwell RX, LLC. 2021-02-01
62135-0616-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (62135-616-60) CLARITHROMYCIN Chartwell RX, LLC. 2021-02-01
62332-0344-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-344-30) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
62332-0344-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-344-60) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
62332-0344-91 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-344-91) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
62332-0345-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-345-30) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
62332-0345-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-345-60) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
62332-0345-91 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-345-91) Clarithromycin Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-02-01
63187-0376-14 14 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-14) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2025-11-07
63187-0376-20 20 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-20) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2021-12-29
63187-0376-28 28 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-28) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2016-09-01
63187-0376-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-30) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2016-09-01
63187-0376-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-60) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2016-09-01
63187-0376-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (63187-376-90) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2021-12-29
63187-0625-14 14 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (63187-625-14) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2018-12-01
63187-0625-28 28 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (63187-625-28) Clarithromycin Proficient Rx LP 2018-12-01
Observed labelers: Sportpharm LLC (36) · Bryant Ranch Prepack (18) · Proficient Rx LP (18) · A-S Medication Solutions (8) · PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (7) · Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. (6) · +19 more — 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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