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Esomeprazole 20 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Nexium] — RxCUI 606728

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 606728 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 10 FDA products 19 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI606728
Official nameEsomeprazole 20 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Nexium]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asNexium 20 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule; Nexium 20 MG (as esomeprazole magnesium 22.3 MG) Delayed Release Oral Capsule; Nexium 24 HR 20 MG Delayed release Oral Capsule
FDA products mapped10
Package NDCs mapped19
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)105,428 prescriptions · 39 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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Our pharmacist-built guide to Esomeprazole Injection: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
  • It is used for erosive esophagitis from GERD when taking esomeprazole by mouth isn't possible or appropriate. It is also used in adults to lower the risk of bleeding again from sto...
  • Why am I getting esomeprazole through an IV?
  • For GERD, it is given for up to 10 days, and you switch to an oral form as soon as you can. For bleeding ulcers, the IV course lasts about 72 hours, and then you take an oral acid...
  • The most common are headache, gas, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, dry mouth, dizziness and irritation at the IV site. Let your nurse know if the IV site is painful, red or swollen...
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Esomeprazole 20 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule... 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 Esomeprazole 20 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Nexium] RxCUI 606728

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.

    • Esomeprazole 283742
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Nexium 284799
  3. Dose forms 9

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

    • Esomeprazole Delayed Release Oral Capsule 606725
    • Esomeprazole Oral Product 1165149
    • Esomeprazole Pill 1165150
    • Esomeprazole Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Nexium] 606727
    • Nexium Oral Product 1182869
    • Nexium Pill 1182870
    • Delayed Release Oral Capsule 316995
    • 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

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Esomeprazole 20 MG [Nexium] SBDC · 574982
  • Esomeprazole Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Nexium] SBDF · 606727
  • Nexium Oral Product SBDG · 1182869
  • Nexium Pill SBDG · 1182870
  • Nexium BN · 284799

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

10 products · 19 package NDCs
19 package NDCs map to RxCUI 606728 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
00186-4010-01 30 GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 CARTON (0186-4010-01) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2008-07-07
00186-4020-01 30 GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 CARTON (0186-4020-01) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2007-03-19
00186-4025-01 30 GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 CARTON (0186-4025-01) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2012-09-05
00186-4040-01 30 GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 CARTON (0186-4040-01) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2007-03-19
00186-4050-01 30 GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 CARTON (0186-4050-01) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2012-09-05
00186-5020-31 30 CAPSULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (0186-5020-31) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2001-03-19
00186-5020-54 90 CAPSULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (0186-5020-54) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2001-03-19
00186-5040-31 30 CAPSULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (0186-5040-31) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2001-03-19
00186-5040-54 90 CAPSULE, DELAYED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (0186-5040-54) NEXIUM AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 2001-03-19
00573-2450-02 1 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (0573-2450-02) / 2 CAPSULE, DELA... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-10-31
00573-2450-14 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2450-14) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-05-27
00573-2450-28 2 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2450-28) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-05-27
00573-2450-42 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2450-42) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-05-27
00573-2450-43 3 BOTTLE in 1 BLISTER PACK (0573-2450-43) / 14 CAPSULE, DEL... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-05-27
00573-2450-44 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2450-44) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR Haleon US Holdings LLC 2014-05-27
00573-2452-02 1 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (0573-2452-02) / 2 CAPSULE, DELA... Nexium 24HR ClearMinis Haleon US Holdings LLC 2017-03-01
00573-2452-14 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2452-14) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR ClearMinis Haleon US Holdings LLC 2017-03-01
00573-2452-42 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0573-2452-42) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR ClearMinis Haleon US Holdings LLC 2017-03-01
50090-1492-00 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (50090-1492-0) / 14 CAPSULE, DELAYED R... Nexium 24HR A-S Medication Solutions 2014-12-04
Observed labelers: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (9) · Haleon US Holdings LLC (9) · A-S Medication Solutions (1) — 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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