Minoxidil 2.5 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 197987
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 197987
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 21 FDA products
33 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
RxCUI197987
Official nameMinoxidil 2.5 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped21
Package NDCs mapped33
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)241,780 prescriptions · 52 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Minoxidil 2.5 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
Minoxidil 2.5 MG Oral Tablet
RxCUI 197987 Semantic clinical drug · SCD
Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.
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Ingredients 1
The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
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Minoxidil
6984IN
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Minoxidil
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Dose forms 6
The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
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Minoxidil Oral Tablet
372938SCDF -
Minoxidil Oral Product
1165357SCDG -
Minoxidil Pill
1165358SCDG -
Oral Tablet
317541DF -
Oral Product
1151131DFG -
Pill
1151133DFG
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Minoxidil Oral Tablet
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Clinical & branded drugs 1
Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
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Minoxidil 2.5 MG
317430SCDC
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Minoxidil 2.5 MG
Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 8 of 8 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
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Minoxidil 2.5 MG
SCDC · 317430 -
Minoxidil Oral Tablet
SCDF · 372938 -
Minoxidil Oral Product
SCDG · 1165357 -
Minoxidil Pill
SCDG · 1165358
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
21 products · 33 package NDCs
33 package NDCs map to RxCUI 197987 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00591-5642-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0591-5642-01) | Minoxidil | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-10-26 |
| 00591-5642-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0591-5642-05) | Minoxidil | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-10-26 |
| 00591-5643-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0591-5643-01) | Minoxidil | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-10-26 |
| 00591-5643-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0591-5643-05) | Minoxidil | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-10-26 |
| 42291-0618-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (42291-618-01) | MINOXIDIL | AvKARE | 2013-08-01 |
| 43353-0342-09 | 9000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (43353-342-09) | MINOXIDIL | Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLC | 2017-06-02 |
| 49884-0256-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (49884-256-01) | Minoxidil | Par Health USA, LLC | 1988-11-14 |
| 49884-0257-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (49884-257-01) | Minoxidil | Par Health USA, LLC | 1988-11-14 |
| 49884-0257-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (49884-257-05) | Minoxidil | Par Health USA, LLC | 1988-11-14 |
| 50090-7758-00 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50090-7758-0) | Minoxidil | A-S Medication Solutions | 2025-11-05 |
| 51407-0901-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (51407-901-01) | Minoxidil | Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. | 2024-07-11 |
| 51407-0902-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (51407-902-01) | Minoxidil | Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. | 2024-07-11 |
| 53489-0386-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-386-01) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0386-03 | 250 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-386-03) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0386-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-386-05) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0386-10 | 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-386-10) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0387-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-387-01) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0387-03 | 250 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-387-03) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0387-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-387-05) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 53489-0387-10 | 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (53489-387-10) | MINOXIDIL | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1995-12-14 |
| 63629-2232-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (63629-2232-1) | Minoxidil | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2021-03-22 |
| 63629-9433-01 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (63629-9433-1) | Minoxidil | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2022-10-05 |
| 63629-9433-02 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (63629-9433-2) | Minoxidil | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2024-02-23 |
| 68071-3794-03 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68071-3794-3) | Minoxidil | NuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2025-02-17 |
| 68084-0204-01 | 100 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (68084-204-01) / 1 TAB... | Minoxidil | American Health Packaging | 2007-09-10 |
| 68084-0205-01 | 100 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (68084-205-01) / 1 TAB... | Minoxidil | American Health Packaging | 2007-09-05 |
| 68788-8273-03 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-8273-3) | Minoxidil | Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2022-10-13 |
| 71205-0757-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71205-757-30) | Minoxidil | Proficient Rx LP | 2023-02-07 |
| 71205-0757-60 | 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71205-757-60) | Minoxidil | Proficient Rx LP | 2023-02-07 |
| 71205-0757-90 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71205-757-90) | Minoxidil | Proficient Rx LP | 2023-02-07 |
| 72162-1489-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (72162-1489-1) | Minoxidil | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2023-10-06 |
| 72789-0278-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-278-01) | MINOXIDIL | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2022-10-07 |
| 82804-0240-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (82804-240-30) | Minoxidil | Proficient Rx LP | 2025-09-05 |
Observed labelers:
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. (8) ·
Actavis Pharma, Inc. (4) ·
Bryant Ranch Prepack (4) ·
Proficient Rx LP (4) ·
Par Health USA, LLC (3) ·
American Health Packaging (2)
· +7 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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