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1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] — RxCUI 2539192

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 2539192 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 4 FDA products 4 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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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

RxCUI2539192
Official name1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Demerol]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asDemerol 25 MG per 1 ML Prefilled Syringe; Demerol 25 MG in 1 mL Prefilled Syringe; Demerol 25 MG/ML per 1 ML Prefilled Syringe
FDA products mapped4
Package NDCs mapped4
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)1,399 prescriptions · 17 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How 1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Prefilled... 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 1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] RxCUI 2539192

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

  1. Ingredients 2

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

    • Meperidine 6754
    • Meperidine hydrochloride 103755
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Demerol 282381
  3. Dose forms 9

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

    • Meperidine Prefilled Syringe 727616
    • Meperidine hydrochloride Prefilled Syringe 2646439
    • Meperidine Injectable Product 1160383
    • Meperidine hydrochloride Injectable Product 2660219
    • Meperidine Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] 2539187
    • Meperidine hydrochloride Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] 2656807
    • Demerol Injectable Product 1172420
    • Prefilled Syringe 721656
    • +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 — 14 of 15 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

  • 1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD · 2539191
  • Meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML SCDC · 861475
  • Meperidine Prefilled Syringe SCDF · 727616
  • Meperidine hydrochloride Prefilled Syringe SCDFP · 2646439
  • Meperidine Injectable Product SCDG · 1160383
  • Meperidine hydrochloride Injectable Product SCDGP · 2660219

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML [Demerol] SBDC · 861530
  • Meperidine Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] SBDF · 2539187
  • Meperidine hydrochloride Prefilled Syringe [Demerol] SBDFP · 2656807
  • Demerol Injectable Product SBDG · 1172420
  • Demerol BN · 282381

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

4 products · 4 package NDCs
4 package NDCs map to RxCUI 2539192 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
00409-1176-30 10 CARTRIDGE in 1 CARTON (0409-1176-30) / 1 mL in 1 CARTRID... DEMEROL Hospira, Inc. 2005-08-25
00409-1178-30 10 CARTRIDGE in 1 CARTON (0409-1178-30) / 1 mL in 1 CARTRID... DEMEROL Hospira, Inc. 2005-09-13
00409-1179-30 10 CARTRIDGE in 1 CARTON (0409-1179-30) / 1 mL in 1 CARTRID... DEMEROL Hospira, Inc. 2005-10-12
00409-1181-30 1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE in 1 CARTON (0409-1181-30) / 30 mL in 1... DEMEROL Hospira, Inc. 2006-02-24
Observed labelers: Hospira, Inc. (4) — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🧾 Billing Codes (HCPCS)

Medical billing codes (HCPCS "J-codes") that connect to this concept's packages — used mostly when a clinic or hospital bills for a drug it administers. Each code links to its full billing page.
CodeDescriptorMapped packagesSources
J2175 Meperidine hydrochl /100 mg 4 CMS
⚠ A crosswalk is not coverage: an NDC↔HCPCS mapping does not guarantee any payer covers or pays the code. Always verify the current payer policy before billing.

🗃️ 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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