Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream — RxCUI 349351
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 349351
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 17 FDA products
29 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
RxCUI349351
Official nameDesonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asdesonide 0.05 % Topical Cream
FDA products mapped17
Package NDCs mapped29
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)83,022 prescriptions · 45 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026
📖 Skip the Codes — Read It in Plain English.
Our pharmacist-built guide to Desonide Topical: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.
📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
- Desonide is a mild steroid cream or gel used to treat atopic dermatitis — what most people call eczema. It helps calm the redness, itching, and inflammation that come with flare-up...
- Apply a thin layer to the affected area twice a day and gently rub it in. Less is more — you don't need to slather it on. Keep it away from your eyes and don't cover it with tight...
- Most people just notice mild burning or stinging when they first apply it, and that usually fades. Some people get a little redness or itching at the site. The bigger concern with...
- Are there any side effects I should watch for?
🕸️ Concept Web — How Desonide 0.5 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
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream
RxCUI 349351 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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Desonide
3254IN
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Desonide
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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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Desowen
216501BN -
Tridesilon
258344BN
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Desowen
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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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Desonide Topical Cream
377668SCDF -
Desonide Topical Product
1154230SCDG -
Desonide Topical Cream [Desowen]
362348SBDF -
Desonide Topical Cream [Tridesilon]
362186SBDF -
Desowen Topical Product
1174521SBDG -
Tridesilon Topical Product
1182723SBDG -
Topical Cream
316982DF -
Topical Product
1151122DFG
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Desonide 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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Desonide 0.5 MG/ML
328228SCDC -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream [Desowen]
205529SBD -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream [Tridesilon]
103439SBD -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML [Desowen]
566431SBDC -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML [Tridesilon]
563313SBDC
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Desonide 0.5 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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Desonide 0.5 MG/ML
SCDC · 328228 -
Desonide Topical Cream
SCDF · 377668 -
Desonide Topical Product
SCDG · 1154230
Brand-Name Concepts
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Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream [Tridesilon]
SBD · 103439 -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream [Desowen]
SBD · 205529 -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML [Desowen]
SBDC · 566431 -
Desonide 0.5 MG/ML [Tridesilon]
SBDC · 563313 -
Desonide Topical Cream [Desowen]
SBDF · 362348 -
Desonide Topical Cream [Tridesilon]
SBDF · 362186 -
Desowen Topical Product
SBDG · 1174521 -
Tridesilon Topical Product
SBDG · 1182723 -
Desowen
BN · 216501 -
Tridesilon
BN · 258344
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
17 products · 29 package NDCs
29 package NDCs map to RxCUI 349351 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00472-0803-02 | 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0472-0803-02) / 59 mL in 1 BOTTLE | Desonide | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-05-28 |
| 00472-0803-04 | 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0472-0803-04) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE | Desonide | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2009-05-28 |
| 00472-0804-15 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0472-0804-15) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2013-08-01 |
| 00472-0804-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0472-0804-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2013-08-01 |
| 00713-0661-15 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0713-0661-15) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2016-08-19 |
| 00713-0661-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0713-0661-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2016-08-19 |
| 16714-0729-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (16714-729-01) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | NORTHSTAR RX LLC | 2017-06-01 |
| 16714-0729-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (16714-729-02) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | NORTHSTAR RX LLC | 2017-06-01 |
| 46708-0632-15 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (46708-632-15) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2025-04-29 |
| 46708-0632-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (46708-632-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2025-04-29 |
| 51672-1280-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1280-1) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1992-06-30 |
| 51672-1280-03 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1280-3) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1992-06-30 |
| 51672-1281-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1281-1) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1994-08-03 |
| 51672-1281-03 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1281-3) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 1994-08-03 |
| 62332-0632-15 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (62332-632-15) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2022-12-08 |
| 62332-0632-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (62332-632-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2022-12-08 |
| 63187-0747-15 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63187-747-15) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Proficient Rx LP | 2016-10-03 |
| 63187-0747-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63187-747-60) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Proficient Rx LP | 2016-10-03 |
| 63629-2506-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63629-2506-1) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2021-05-18 |
| 63629-2507-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63629-2507-1) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2021-05-18 |
| 69482-0600-60 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (69482-600-60) / 1 g in 1 TUBE | Tridesilon Cream | Encore Dermatology Inc | 2016-10-01 |
| 70771-1381-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70771-1381-1) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Zydus Lifesciences Limited | 2019-11-25 |
| 70771-1381-03 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70771-1381-3) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Zydus Lifesciences Limited | 2019-11-25 |
| 72162-2005-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72162-2005-2) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2020-06-17 |
| 72162-2005-06 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72162-2005-6) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2020-06-17 |
| 72578-0086-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72578-086-01) / 15 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Viona Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2020-06-17 |
| 72578-0086-02 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72578-086-02) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Viona Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2020-06-17 |
| 80425-0371-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0371-1) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Advanced Rx of Tennessee, LLC | 2023-12-07 |
| 80425-0418-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0418-1) / 60 g in 1 TUBE | Desonide | Advanced Rx of Tennessee, LLC | 2024-07-17 |
Observed labelers:
Actavis Pharma, Inc. (4) ·
Bryant Ranch Prepack (4) ·
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. (4) ·
Advanced Rx of Tennessee, LLC (2) ·
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2) ·
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (2)
· +6 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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