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Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 861783

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 861783 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 10 FDA products 31 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI861783
Official nameMetformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known aspioglitazone 15 MG / metFORMIN HCl 500 MG Oral Tablet
FDA products mapped10
Package NDCs mapped31
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)3,108 prescriptions · 6 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15... 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 Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet RxCUI 861783

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

  1. Ingredients 4

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Metformin 6809
    • Pioglitazone 33738
    • Metformin / pioglitazone 607999
    • Metformin hydrochloride 235743
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Actoplus Met 602411
  3. Dose forms 13

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

    • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Tablet 577093
    • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Tablet 2647189
    • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Product 1161597
    • Metformin / pioglitazone Pill 1161598
    • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Product 2661623
    • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Pill 2659523
    • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] 731442
    • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] 2655947
    • +5 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 4

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

    • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG 860974
    • Pioglitazone 15 MG 332435
    • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] 861785
    • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG [Actoplus Met] 861784

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 17 of 22 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

  • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG SCDC · 860974
  • Pioglitazone 15 MG SCDC · 332435
  • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Tablet SCDF · 577093
  • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Tablet SCDFP · 2647189
  • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Product SCDG · 1161597
  • Metformin / pioglitazone Pill SCDG · 1161598
  • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Product SCDGP · 2661623
  • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Pill SCDGP · 2659523

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] SBD · 861785
  • Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG [Actoplus Met] SBDC · 861784
  • Metformin / pioglitazone Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] SBDF · 731442
  • Metformin hydrochloride / pioglitazone Oral Tablet [Actoplus Met] SBDFP · 2655947
  • Actoplus Met Oral Product SBDG · 1169920
  • Actoplus Met Pill SBDG · 1169923
  • Actoplus Met BN · 602411

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

10 products · 31 package NDCs
31 package NDCs map to RxCUI 861783 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
13668-0280-05 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-280-05) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0280-10 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-280-10) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0280-33 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-280-33) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0280-60 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-280-60) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0280-74 100 TABLET in 1 CARTON (13668-280-74) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0281-05 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-281-05) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0281-33 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-281-33) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0281-49 750 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-281-49) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0281-60 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (13668-281-60) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
13668-0281-74 100 TABLET in 1 CARTON (13668-281-74) Pioglitazone HCL and Metformin HCL Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited 2025-09-01
33342-0176-09 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-176-09) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0176-11 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-176-11) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0176-12 10 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (33342-176-12) / 10 TABLET in 1... Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0176-44 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-176-44) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0176-57 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-176-57) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0177-09 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-177-09) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0177-11 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-177-11) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0177-12 10 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (33342-177-12) / 10 TABLET in 1... Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0177-44 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-177-44) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
33342-0177-57 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (33342-177-57) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited 2015-11-06
57237-0217-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-217-60) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2013-02-13
57237-0217-81 180 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-217-81) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2013-02-13
57237-0218-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-218-60) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2013-02-13
57237-0218-81 180 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (57237-218-81) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. 2013-02-13
65862-0525-18 180 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (65862-525-18) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2013-02-13
65862-0525-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (65862-525-60) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2013-02-13
65862-0526-18 180 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (65862-526-18) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2013-02-13
65862-0526-60 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (65862-526-60) Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Metformin Hydrochloride Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2013-02-13
71335-3019-01 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-3019-1) Pioglitazone and metformin hydrochloride Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-12-03
72162-2497-02 180 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (72162-2497-2) Pioglitazole and metformin hydrochloride Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-05-15
72162-2497-06 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (72162-2497-6) Pioglitazole and metformin hydrochloride Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-05-15
Observed labelers: Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited (10) · Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited (10) · Aurobindo Pharma Limited (4) · Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. (4) · Bryant Ranch Prepack (3) — 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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