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Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo — RxCUI 861490

Name: Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo (RxCUI 861490)
Creator: Brian Staiger, PharmD

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug

RxCUI 861490 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 9 FDA products 9 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

RxCUI861490

Official nameClobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo

Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)

RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept

Also known asclobetasol propionate 0.05 % Medicated Shampoo

FDA products mapped9

Package NDCs mapped9

Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)25,669 prescriptions · 38 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025

RxNorm release07/06/2026

Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampo... 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 Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo RxCUI 861490 Semantic clinical drug · SCD

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.
- Clobetasol 2590 IN
- Clobetasol propionate 21245 PIN
Brand names 2

The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.
- Clobex 404945 BN
- Clodan 1541095 BN
Dose forms 12

The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
- Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo 438709 SCDF
- Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo 2649555 SCDFP
- Clobetasol Shampoo Product 1295100 SCDG
- Clobetasol propionate Shampoo Product 2659273 SCDGP
- Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] 582720 SBDF
- Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] 1541097 SBDF
- Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] 2658153 SBDFP
- Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] 2655485 SBDFP
- +4 more in this family
Clinical & branded drugs 5

Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
- Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML 861352 SCDC
- Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] 861492 SBD
- Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] 1541099 SBD
- Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML [Clobex] 861491 SBDC
- Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML [Clodan] 1541096 SBDC

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 17 of 21 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

Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML SCDC · 861352
Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo SCDF · 438709
Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo SCDFP · 2649555
Clobetasol Shampoo Product SCDG · 1295100
Clobetasol propionate Shampoo Product SCDGP · 2659273

Brand-Name Concepts

Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] SBD · 1541099
Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] SBD · 861492
Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML [Clobex] SBDC · 861491
Clobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML [Clodan] SBDC · 1541096
Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] SBDF · 582720
Clobetasol Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] SBDF · 1541097
Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo [Clobex] SBDFP · 2658153
Clobetasol propionate Medicated Shampoo [Clodan] SBDFP · 2655485
Clobex Shampoo Product SBDG · 1296966
Clodan Shampoo Product SBDG · 1541098

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

9 products · 9 package NDCs

9 package NDCs map to RxCUI 861490 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
16714-0030-01	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (16714-030-01) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Clobetasol Propionate	NORTHSTAR RX LLC	2021-03-28
43538-0950-04	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (43538-950-04) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Clodan	Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals	2014-06-22
45802-0961-26	118 mL in 1 BOTTLE (45802-961-26)	clobetasol propionate	Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd	2012-08-10
46708-0548-04	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (46708-548-04) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE	Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited	2025-03-18
51672-1347-08	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (51672-1347-8) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Clobetasol Propionate	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.	2021-03-25
63629-9461-01	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (63629-9461-1) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	clobetasol propionate	Bryant Ranch Prepack	2022-10-31
68308-0664-04	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (68308-664-04) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	clobetasol propionate	Mayne Pharma Inc.	2023-11-03
69238-1732-08	1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (69238-1732-8) / 118 mL in 1 BOTTLE	Clobetasol Propionate	Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLC	2021-06-15
72162-1442-02	118 mL in 1 BOTTLE (72162-1442-2)	clobetasol propionate	Bryant Ranch Prepack	2025-04-02

Observed labelers: Bryant Ranch Prepack (2) · Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (1) · Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLC (1) · Mayne Pharma Inc. (1) · Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals (1) · NORTHSTAR RX LLC (1) · +2 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

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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