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Valacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet [Valtrex] — RxCUI 212448

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 212448 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 3 FDA products 6 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI212448
Official nameValacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet [Valtrex]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asValtrex 1 GM Oral Tablet; Valtrex (as valacyclovir hydrochloride) 1000 MG Oral Tablet; Valtrex 1000 MG Oral Tablet
FDA products mapped3
Package NDCs mapped6
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)276 prescriptions · 4 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Valacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet [Valtrex] 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 Valacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet [Valtrex] RxCUI 212448

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.

    • Valacyclovir 73645
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Valtrex 152490
  3. Dose forms 9

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

    • Valacyclovir Oral Tablet 374272
    • Valacyclovir Oral Product 1163984
    • Valacyclovir Pill 1163985
    • Valacyclovir Oral Tablet [Valtrex] 368381
    • Valtrex Oral Product 1187342
    • Valtrex Pill 1187343
    • 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.

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 13 of 14 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

  • Valacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet SCD · 313564
  • Valacyclovir 1000 MG SCDC · 330296
  • Valacyclovir Oral Tablet SCDF · 374272
  • Valacyclovir Oral Product SCDG · 1163984
  • Valacyclovir Pill SCDG · 1163985

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Valacyclovir 1000 MG [Valtrex] SBDC · 572631
  • Valacyclovir Oral Tablet [Valtrex] SBDF · 368381
  • Valtrex Oral Product SBDG · 1187342
  • Valtrex Pill SBDG · 1187343
  • Valtrex BN · 152490

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

3 products · 6 package NDCs
6 package NDCs map to RxCUI 212448 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
00173-0565-04 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0173-0565-04) VALTREX GlaxoSmithKline LLC 2002-08-12
00173-0565-10 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0173-0565-10) VALTREX GlaxoSmithKline LLC 2002-08-12
00173-0933-08 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0173-0933-08) VALTREX GlaxoSmithKline LLC 1995-08-01
00173-0933-10 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0173-0933-10) VALTREX GlaxoSmithKline LLC 1995-08-01
70518-2039-01 14 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (70518-2039-1) VALTREX REMEDYREPACK INC. 2023-07-17
70518-2039-02 5 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (70518-2039-2) VALTREX REMEDYREPACK INC. 2023-10-02
Observed labelers: GlaxoSmithKline LLC (4) · REMEDYREPACK INC. (2) — 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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