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Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution [DDAVP] — RxCUI 849503

Name: Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution [DDAVP] (RxCUI 849503)
Creator: Brian Staiger, PharmD

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug

RxCUI 849503 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 2 FDA products 2 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

This page is curated, coded, and maintained by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD

Compiled from public NLM RxNorm and FDA (openFDA NDC directory) data sources. Editorial policy

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

RxCUI849503

Official nameDesmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution [DDAVP]

Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)

RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept

Also known asDDAVP 4 MCG/ML Injectable Solution; DDAVP 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution

FDA products mapped2

Package NDCs mapped2

RxNorm release07/06/2026

Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solu... 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 Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution [DDAVP] RxCUI 849503 Semantic branded drug · SBD

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

Ingredients 2

The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
- Desmopressin 3251 IN
- Desmopressin acetate 42634 PIN
Brand names 1

The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.
- DDAVP 203658 BN
Dose forms 9

The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
- Desmopressin Injectable Solution 371714 SCDF
- Desmopressin acetate Injectable Solution 2647470 SCDFP
- Desmopressin Injectable Product 1157760 SCDG
- Desmopressin acetate Injectable Product 2662298 SCDGP
- Desmopressin Injectable Solution [DDAVP] 92301 SBDF
- Desmopressin acetate Injectable Solution [DDAVP] 2654662 SBDFP
- DDAVP Injectable Product 1166306 SBDG
- Injectable Solution 316949 DF
- +1 more in this family
Clinical & branded drugs 3

Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
- Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution 849501 SCD
- Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML 849500 SCDC
- Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML [DDAVP] 849502 SBDC

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

Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML Injectable Solution SCD · 849501
Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML SCDC · 849500
Desmopressin Injectable Solution SCDF · 371714
Desmopressin acetate Injectable Solution SCDFP · 2647470
Desmopressin Injectable Product SCDG · 1157760
Desmopressin acetate Injectable Product SCDGP · 2662298

Brand-Name Concepts

Desmopressin acetate 0.004 MG/ML [DDAVP] SBDC · 849502
Desmopressin Injectable Solution [DDAVP] SBDF · 92301
Desmopressin acetate Injectable Solution [DDAVP] SBDFP · 2654662
DDAVP Injectable Product SBDG · 1166306
DDAVP BN · 203658

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

2 products · 2 package NDCs

2 package NDCs map to RxCUI 849503 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
55566-2200-00	10 AMPULE in 1 CARTON (55566-2200-0) / 1 mL in 1 AMPULE	DDAVP	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1984-05-01
55566-2300-00	1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE in 1 CARTON (55566-2300-0) / 10 mL in 1...	DDAVP	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	1984-05-01

Observed labelers: Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2) — 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.

Code	Descriptor	Mapped packages	Sources
J2597	Inj desmopressin acetate	2	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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