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Simvastatin 5 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 312962

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 312962 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 56 FDA products 196 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI312962
Official nameSimvastatin 5 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped56
Package NDCs mapped196
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)1,357,456 prescriptions · 52 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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  • It’s a statin that lowers cholesterol and triglycerides when diet alone isn’t enough. It also lowers the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart-related death in people at high risk...
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  • The most common are cold-like symptoms, headache, stomach pain, constipation and nausea. Call your doctor if you notice muscle pain, tenderness or weakness you can’t explain, espec...
  • Avoid it. Grapefruit juice can raise simvastatin levels in your blood and increase the risk of muscle damage.
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Simvastatin 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 Simvastatin 5 MG Oral Tablet RxCUI 312962

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.

    • Simvastatin 36567
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Zocor 196503
  3. Dose forms 9

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

    • Simvastatin Oral Tablet 373888
    • Simvastatin Oral Product 1158753
    • Simvastatin Pill 1158754
    • Simvastatin Oral Tablet [Zocor] 368276
    • Zocor Oral Product 1187973
    • Zocor Pill 1187974
    • 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.

    • Simvastatin 5 MG 317497
    • Simvastatin 5 MG Oral Tablet [Zocor] 208220
    • Simvastatin 5 MG [Zocor] 568935

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

  • Simvastatin 5 MG SCDC · 317497
  • Simvastatin Oral Tablet SCDF · 373888
  • Simvastatin Oral Product SCDG · 1158753
  • Simvastatin Pill SCDG · 1158754

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Simvastatin 5 MG Oral Tablet [Zocor] SBD · 208220
  • Simvastatin 5 MG [Zocor] SBDC · 568935
  • Simvastatin Oral Tablet [Zocor] SBDF · 368276
  • Zocor Oral Product SBDG · 1187973
  • Zocor Pill SBDG · 1187974
  • Zocor BN · 196503

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

56 products · 196 package NDCs
196 package NDCs map to RxCUI 312962 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
16714-0681-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-681-01) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0681-02 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-681-02) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0682-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-682-01) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0682-02 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-682-02) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0682-03 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-682-03) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0683-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-683-01) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0683-02 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-683-02) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0683-03 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-683-03) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0684-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-684-01) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0684-02 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-684-02) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0684-03 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-684-03) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0685-01 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-685-01) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0685-02 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-685-02) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16714-0685-03 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16714-685-03) Simvastatin NorthStar Rx LLC 2006-12-20
16729-0004-10 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-004-10) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0004-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-004-15) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0004-17 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-004-17) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0005-10 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-005-10) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0005-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-005-15) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0005-17 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-005-17) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0006-10 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-006-10) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0006-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-006-15) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0006-17 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-006-17) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0007-10 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-007-10) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0007-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-007-15) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0007-17 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-007-17) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2008-02-26
16729-0156-10 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-156-10) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2014-11-07
16729-0156-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-156-15) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2014-09-12
16729-0156-17 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (16729-156-17) simvastatin Accord Healthcare, Inc. 2015-04-22
31722-0510-01 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-510-01) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0510-10 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-510-10) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0510-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-510-30) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0510-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-510-90) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0511-01 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-511-01) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0511-10 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-511-10) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0511-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-511-30) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0511-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-511-90) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0512-01 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-512-01) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0512-10 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-512-10) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0512-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-512-30) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0512-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-512-90) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0513-01 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-513-01) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-03
31722-0513-10 1000 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-513-10) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-03
31722-0513-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-513-30) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-03
31722-0513-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-513-90) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-03
31722-0514-01 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-514-01) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0514-05 500 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-514-05) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0514-30 30 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-514-30) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
31722-0514-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-514-90) Simvastatin Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014-12-09
42571-0005-05 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (42571-005-05) Simvastatin Micro Labs Limited 2013-06-13
Observed labelers: Aurobindo Pharma Limited (34) · Micro Labs Limited (25) · XLCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. (24) · Biocon Pharma Inc, (20) · Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (20) · Accord Healthcare, Inc. (15) · +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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