Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream — RxCUI 198555
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 198555
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 18 FDA products
24 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
RxCUI198555
Official nameCapsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known ascapsaicin 0.025 % Topical Cream
FDA products mapped18
Package NDCs mapped24
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)26,632 prescriptions · 30 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 Capsaicin Topical: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream 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
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream
RxCUI 198555 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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Capsaicin
1992IN
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Capsaicin
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Brand names 2
The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.
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Arthricare for Women Moisturizing
730021BN -
Zostrix
94650BN
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Arthricare for Women Moisturizing
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Dose forms 8
The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
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Capsaicin Topical Cream
377632SCDF -
Capsaicin Topical Product
1155739SCDG -
Capsaicin Topical Cream [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
730023SBDF -
Capsaicin Topical Cream [Zostrix]
362176SBDF -
Arthricare for Women Moisturizing Topical Product
1170786SBDG -
Zostrix Topical Product
1186320SBDG -
Topical Cream
316982DF -
Topical Product
1151122DFG
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Capsaicin Topical Cream
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Clinical & branded drugs 5
Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
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Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML
340074SCDC -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
730024SBD -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream [Zostrix]
2675290SBD -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
730022SBDC -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML [Zostrix]
2675289SBDC
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Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML
Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 16 of 16 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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Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML
SCDC · 340074 -
Capsaicin Topical Cream
SCDF · 377632 -
Capsaicin Topical Product
SCDG · 1155739
Brand-Name Concepts
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Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
SBD · 730024 -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML Topical Cream [Zostrix]
SBD · 2675290 -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
SBDC · 730022 -
Capsaicin 0.25 MG/ML [Zostrix]
SBDC · 2675289 -
Capsaicin Topical Cream [Arthricare for Women Moisturizing]
SBDF · 730023 -
Capsaicin Topical Cream [Zostrix]
SBDF · 362176 -
Arthricare for Women Moisturizing Topical Product
SBDG · 1170786 -
Zostrix Topical Product
SBDG · 1186320 -
Arthricare for Women Moisturizing
BN · 730021 -
Zostrix
BN · 94650
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
18 products · 24 package NDCs
24 package NDCs map to RxCUI 198555 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 |
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| 00536-2525-25 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0536-2525-25) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin | Rugby Laboratories | 2012-03-01 |
| 11527-0089-54 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (11527-089-54) / 43 g in 1 TUBE | Sheffield Arthritis and Muscle Pain Relief | Sheffield Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2010-04-14 |
| 50268-0195-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (50268-195-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin External Analgesic | AvPAK | 2022-12-08 |
| 50488-1025-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (50488-1025-1) / 120 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin | Alexso, Inc | 2018-10-01 |
| 50488-1025-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (50488-1025-2) / 25 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin | Alexso, Inc | 2018-10-01 |
| 50488-1025-05 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (50488-1025-5) / 50 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin | Alexso, Inc | 2018-10-01 |
| 51824-0094-15 | 42.5 g in 1 TUBE (51824-094-15) | CareALL Arthritis and Muscle | New World Imports, Inc | 2022-06-01 |
| 59088-0093-00 | 1 KIT in 1 PACKAGE (59088-093-00) * 237 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PU... | Inflammacin | PureTek Corporation | 2016-01-11 |
| 59088-0220-08 | 120 g in 1 BOTTLE, PUMP (59088-220-08) | Capsaicin 0.025% Cream | Puretek Corporation | 2025-01-02 |
| 59088-0310-08 | 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PUMP (59088-310-08) | DermacinRx Penetral Cream | PureTek Corporation | 2021-10-25 |
| 59088-0310-16 | 237 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PUMP (59088-310-16) | DermacinRx Penetral Cream | PureTek Corporation | 2015-06-09 |
| 59088-0630-00 | 1 KIT in 1 KIT (59088-630-00) * 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50... | Naprotin | PureTek Corporation | 2022-09-27 |
| 59088-0801-00 | 1 KIT in 1 KIT (59088-801-00) * 1 BOTTLE, DROPPER in 1 CAR... | Lextol | PureTek Corporation | 2023-08-30 |
| 62742-4216-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (62742-4216-2) / 57 g in 1 TUBE (62742-4... | Penetrex(r) Arthritis Pain Relief | Allure Labs | 2022-06-20 |
| 63187-0660-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63187-660-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Rugby Capsaicin External Analgesic | Proficient Rx LP | 2018-12-01 |
| 68071-3430-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68071-3430-2) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Capsaicin External Analgesic | NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. | 2023-06-07 |
| 69420-6025-01 | 120 g in 1 TUBE (69420-6025-1) | Capsaicin | SA3, LLC | 2021-06-11 |
| 69420-6025-05 | 50 g in 1 TUBE (69420-6025-5) | Capsaicin | SA3, LLC | 2021-06-11 |
| 72683-0003-01 | 200 g in 1 JAR (72683-003-01) | Melt Pain Away | Proximity Capital Partners LLC dba Asutra | 2020-04-15 |
| 72683-0003-02 | 1.9 g in 1 PACKET (72683-003-02) | Melt Pain Away | Proximity Capital Partners LLC dba Asutra | 2020-04-15 |
| 80489-0099-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80489-099-01) / 42.5 g in 1 TUBE | Drs Pharmacy PAIN RELIEF MUSCLE ARITHRITIS | OL PHARMA TECH,LLC | 2026-01-24 |
| 80684-0138-00 | 42.5 g in 1 TUBE (80684-138-00) | Thera Plus Pain Relief Arthritis and Muscle | FOURSTAR GROUP USA, INC. | 2025-02-28 |
| 83158-0387-02 | 59 mL in 1 TUBE (83158-387-02) | BRONSON SOOTHE Pain Relief | BRONSON NUTRITIONALS, LLC | 2022-12-26 |
| 83158-0387-04 | 118 mL in 1 TUBE (83158-387-04) | BRONSON SOOTHE Pain Relief | BRONSON NUTRITIONALS, LLC | 2022-12-26 |
Observed labelers:
PureTek Corporation (6) ·
Alexso, Inc (3) ·
BRONSON NUTRITIONALS, LLC (2) ·
Proximity Capital Partners LLC dba Asutra (2) ·
SA3, LLC (2) ·
Allure Labs (1)
· +8 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
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- 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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