Metronidazole 500 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 311681
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 311681
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 89 FDA products
290 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
RxCUI311681
Official nameMetronidazole 500 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped89
Package NDCs mapped290
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)2,450,440 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 Metronidazole 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.
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Metronidazole 500 MG Oral Tablet
RxCUI 311681 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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Metronidazole
6922IN
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Metronidazole
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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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Metronidazole Oral Tablet
372897SCDF -
Metronidazole Oral Product
1164083SCDG -
Metronidazole Pill
1164084SCDG -
Oral Tablet
317541DF -
Oral Product
1151131DFG -
Pill
1151133DFG
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Metronidazole 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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Metronidazole 500 MG
317428SCDC
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Metronidazole 500 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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Metronidazole 500 MG
SCDC · 317428 -
Metronidazole Oral Tablet
SCDF · 372897 -
Metronidazole Oral Product
SCDG · 1164083 -
Metronidazole Pill
SCDG · 1164084
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
89 products · 290 package NDCs
290 package NDCs map to RxCUI 311681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72789-0007-09 | 9 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-09) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-10-09 |
| 72789-0007-14 | 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-14) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-09-13 |
| 72789-0007-21 | 21 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-21) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-09-26 |
| 72789-0007-28 | 28 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-28) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2020-06-04 |
| 72789-0007-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-30) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-11-21 |
| 72789-0007-79 | 1 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-007-79) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-11-07 |
| 72789-0011-04 | 4 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-011-04) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2019-08-20 |
| 72789-0011-14 | 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-011-14) | Metronidazole | PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2020-01-13 |
| 76420-0800-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-01) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-05) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-21 | 21 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-21) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-25 | 250 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-25) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-30) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-60 | 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-60) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0800-90 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-800-90) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-01) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-05) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-21 | 21 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-21) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-30) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-50 | 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-50) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-60 | 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-60) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 76420-0801-90 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-801-90) | metronidazole | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2024-04-26 |
| 82868-0014-14 | 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (82868-014-14) | metronidazole | Northwind Health Company, LLC | 2023-09-28 |
| 82868-0014-20 | 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (82868-014-20) | metronidazole | Northwind Health Company, LLC | 2024-08-12 |
| 82868-0014-21 | 21 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (82868-014-21) | metronidazole | Northwind Health Company, LLC | 2024-02-05 |
| 82868-0014-28 | 28 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (82868-014-28) | metronidazole | Northwind Health Company, LLC | 2023-10-04 |
| 82868-0014-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (82868-014-30) | metronidazole | Northwind Health Company, LLC | 2023-11-30 |
| 82982-0072-14 | 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (82982-072-14) | Metronidazole | Pharmasource Meds, LLC | 2023-11-03 |
| 85742-0024-24 | 50 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (85742-024-24) | Metronidazole | Kanchan Healthcare Inc | 2026-06-19 |
| 85742-0024-25 | 500 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (85742-024-25) | Metronidazole | Kanchan Healthcare Inc | 2026-06-19 |
| 85742-0025-24 | 50 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (85742-025-24) | Metronidazole | Kanchan Healthcare Inc | 2026-06-19 |
| 85742-0025-25 | 500 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (85742-025-25) | Metronidazole | Kanchan Healthcare Inc | 2026-06-19 |
| 85766-0024-01 | 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-01) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-05 | 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-05) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-14 | 14 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-14) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-20 | 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-20) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-30 | 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-30) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-50 | 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-50) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-60 | 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-60) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
| 85766-0024-90 | 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (85766-024-90) | metronidazole | Sportpharm LLC | 2025-08-05 |
Observed labelers:
Bryant Ranch Prepack (60) ·
REMEDYREPACK INC. (21) ·
Asclemed USA, Inc. (14) ·
NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. (13) ·
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. (11) ·
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (11)
· +34 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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- 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.
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