Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG Topical Gel — RxCUI 855642
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 855642
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 37 FDA products
39 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
RxCUI855642
Official nameDiclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG Topical Gel
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asdiclofenac sodium 3 % Topical Gel
FDA products mapped37
Package NDCs mapped39
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)56,803 prescriptions · 37 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 Diclofenac Ophthalmic: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.
📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
- They calm inflammation after cataract surgery. They also temporarily ease pain and light sensitivity after corneal refractive surgery, such as PRK or radial keratotomy.
- After cataract surgery, it is usually about 4 times a day, starting the day after surgery for the first 2 weeks. For refractive surgery, you use drops before and right after the pr...
- Brief burning or stinging is the most common complaint, affecting about 15% of people. It usually passes quickly. Tell your doctor if it persists or you notice blurred vision, redn...
- Be careful and tell your doctor first. People sensitive to aspirin or other NSAIDs may also react to diclofenac. You should not use the drops if you are allergic to any ingredient...
🕸️ Concept Web — How Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG Topical Gel 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
Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG Topical Gel
RxCUI 855642 Semantic clinical drug · SCD
Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.
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Ingredients 2
The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
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Diclofenac
3355IN -
Diclofenac sodium
203214PIN
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Diclofenac
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Dose forms 6
The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
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Diclofenac Topical Gel
377959SCDF -
Diclofenac sodium Topical Gel
2648310SCDFP -
Diclofenac Topical Product
1151155SCDG -
Diclofenac sodium Topical Product
2659220SCDGP -
Topical Gel
346286DF -
Topical Product
1151122DFG
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Diclofenac Topical Gel
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Clinical & branded drugs 1
Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
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Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG
855641SCDC
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Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG
Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 9 of 9 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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Diclofenac sodium 0.03 MG/MG
SCDC · 855641 -
Diclofenac Topical Gel
SCDF · 377959 -
Diclofenac sodium Topical Gel
SCDFP · 2648310 -
Diclofenac Topical Product
SCDG · 1151155 -
Diclofenac sodium Topical Product
SCDGP · 2659220
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
37 products · 39 package NDCs
39 package NDCs map to RxCUI 855642 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00115-1483-56 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0115-1483-56) / 50 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC | 2013-11-21 |
| 00115-1483-61 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0115-1483-61) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC | 2013-11-21 |
| 00472-1783-10 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0472-1783-10) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Actavis Pharma, Inc. | 2016-05-19 |
| 45802-0111-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (45802-111-01) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | diclofenac sodium | Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 2018-11-27 |
| 45865-0260-01 | 100 g in 1 TUBE (45865-260-01) | Diclofenac Sodium | Medsource Pharmaceuticals | 2023-07-07 |
| 46708-0581-31 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (46708-581-31) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2025-03-04 |
| 51672-1363-03 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1363-3) / 50 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac sodium | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 2016-04-28 |
| 51672-1363-07 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1363-7) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac sodium | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. | 2016-04-28 |
| 62332-0581-31 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (62332-581-31) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2022-09-15 |
| 63629-2526-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63629-2526-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | diclofenac sodium | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2018-11-27 |
| 68071-3516-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68071-3516-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. | 2023-09-29 |
| 68071-3688-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68071-3688-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac sodium | NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. | 2024-09-25 |
| 68071-4859-01 | 100 g in 1 BOX (68071-4859-1) | diclofenac sodium | NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. | 2019-04-22 |
| 68462-0355-94 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68462-355-94) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS INC., USA | 2016-09-13 |
| 68788-8236-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68788-8236-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac sodium | Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2022-08-09 |
| 68788-8456-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68788-8456-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2023-06-08 |
| 68788-9435-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68788-9435-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2018-06-08 |
| 70518-2526-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70518-2526-0) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | diclofenac sodium | REMEDYREPACK INC. | 2020-01-06 |
| 70518-3315-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70518-3315-0) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | REMEDYREPACK INC. | 2021-12-28 |
| 70518-3779-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70518-3779-0) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | REMEDYREPACK INC. | 2023-07-07 |
| 71205-0538-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (71205-538-00) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac sodium | Proficient Rx LP | 2021-02-24 |
| 71205-0692-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (71205-692-00) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | diclofenac sodium | Proficient Rx LP | 2022-08-30 |
| 71205-0752-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (71205-752-00) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Proficient Rx LP | 2023-02-02 |
| 72162-1391-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72162-1391-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | diclofenac sodium | Bryant Ranch Prepack | 2018-11-27 |
| 72189-0040-01 | 1 g in 1 TUBE (72189-040-01) | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | Direct_Rx | 2019-10-08 |
| 72189-0379-01 | 1 g in 1 TUBE (72189-379-01) | Diclofenac Sodium Gel | Direct_Rx | 2022-09-08 |
| 72189-0473-01 | 1 g in 1 TUBE (72189-473-01) | Diclofenac Sodium Gel | Direct_Rx | 2023-05-19 |
| 76420-0025-01 | 100 g in 1 TUBE (76420-025-01) | Diclofenac Sodium | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2020-06-17 |
| 76420-0132-01 | 100 g in 1 TUBE (76420-132-01) | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2020-10-30 |
| 76420-0261-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (76420-261-01) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2022-08-24 |
| 76420-0275-01 | 100 g in 1 TUBE (76420-275-01) | Diclofenac sodium | Asclemed USA, Inc. | 2022-09-09 |
| 80425-0234-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0234-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC | 2023-01-09 |
| 80425-0235-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0235-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC | 2023-01-10 |
| 80425-0236-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0236-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC | 2023-01-09 |
| 80425-0338-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (80425-0338-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC | 2023-05-19 |
| 82804-0052-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (82804-052-00) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | DICLOFENAC SODIUM | Proficient Rx LP | 2023-12-27 |
| 82804-0250-00 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (82804-250-00) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | Proficient Rx LP | 2025-10-23 |
| 85509-1581-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (85509-1581-1) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | PHOENIX RX LLC | 2025-07-21 |
| 87063-0165-01 | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (87063-165-01) / 100 g in 1 TUBE | Diclofenac Sodium | ASCLEMED USA INC. | 2026-04-10 |
Observed labelers:
Proficient Rx LP (5) ·
Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLC (4) ·
Asclemed USA, Inc. (4) ·
Direct_Rx (3) ·
NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc. (3) ·
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. (3)
· +12 more — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
💲 Pricing (NADAC)
NADAC is CMS's National Average Drug Acquisition Cost — roughly what pharmacies pay to buy the drug. It is an acquisition benchmark, not your copay.
Per gm · median
$0.3573
Range $0.3573–$0.3573
· middle 50% $0.3573–$0.3573
· 5 NDCs
Latest compatible distributions from the CMS NADAC file · dataset watermark 2026-07-10. Prices vary by package and pharmacy; a distribution is shown instead of one misleading number. Rows the dataset is silent on carry no price. No zero-cost conclusion should be drawn.
🗃️ 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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