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Docosanol 100 MG/ML Topical Cream [Abreva] — RxCUI 855205

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 855205 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 2 FDA products 6 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI855205
Official nameDocosanol 100 MG/ML Topical Cream [Abreva]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asAbreva 10 % Topical Cream
FDA products mapped2
Package NDCs mapped6
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Docosanol 100 MG/ML Topical Cream [Abreva] 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 Docosanol 100 MG/ML Topical Cream [Abreva] RxCUI 855205

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.

    • Docosanol 594680
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Abreva 285039
  3. Dose forms 6

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

    • Docosanol Topical Cream 797533
    • Docosanol Topical Product 1160618
    • Docosanol Topical Cream [Abreva] 855204
    • Abreva Topical Product 1165954
    • Topical Cream 316982
    • Topical Product 1151122
  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 — 11 of 11 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

  • Docosanol 100 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD · 797534
  • Docosanol 100 MG/ML SCDC · 797532
  • Docosanol Topical Cream SCDF · 797533
  • Docosanol Topical Product SCDG · 1160618

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Docosanol 100 MG/ML [Abreva] SBDC · 855203
  • Docosanol Topical Cream [Abreva] SBDF · 855204
  • Abreva Topical Product SBDG · 1165954
  • Abreva BN · 285039

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

2 products · 6 package NDCs
6 package NDCs map to RxCUI 855205 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
00135-0200-01 2 g in 1 TUBE (0135-0200-01) ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2010-03-19
00135-0200-03 2 g in 1 BOTTLE, PUMP (0135-0200-03) ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2010-03-19
00135-0200-05 2 TUBE in 1 PACKAGE (0135-0200-05) / 2 g in 1 TUBE ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2017-07-06
00135-0200-06 3 BOTTLE, PUMP in 1 PACKAGE (0135-0200-06) / 2 g in 1 BOTTL... ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2024-01-02
00135-0300-01 1 TUBE in 1 PACKAGE (0135-0300-01) / 2 g in 1 TUBE ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2022-03-25
00135-0300-02 2 TUBE in 1 PACKAGE (0135-0300-02) / 2 g in 1 TUBE ABREVA Haleon US Holdings LLC 2022-04-25
Observed labelers: Haleon US Holdings LLC (6) — 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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