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0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection [Relistor] — RxCUI 979115

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug
RxCUI 979115 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 3 FDA products 6 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI979115
Official name0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection [Relistor]
Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known as0.6 ML Relistor 20 MG/ML Injection; RELISTOR 12 MG in 0.6 ML Injection; Relistor 12 MG per 0.6 ML Injection
FDA products mapped3
Package NDCs mapped6
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)18,616 prescriptions · 35 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How 0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injecti... 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 0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection [Relistor] RxCUI 979115

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

  1. Ingredients 2

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

    • Methylnaltrexone 29899
    • Methylnaltrexone bromide 979111
  2. Brand names 1

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

    • Relistor 796436
  3. Dose forms 9

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

    • Methylnaltrexone Injection 1659739
    • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injection 2645365
    • Methylnaltrexone Injectable Product 1156739
    • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injectable Product 2659614
    • Methylnaltrexone Injection [Relistor] 1659741
    • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injection [Relistor] 2657956
    • Relistor Injectable Product 1180709
    • Injection 1649574
    • +1 more in this family
  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 — 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

  • 0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection SCD · 979113
  • Methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML SCDC · 979112
  • Methylnaltrexone Injection SCDF · 1659739
  • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injection SCDFP · 2645365
  • Methylnaltrexone Injectable Product SCDG · 1156739
  • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injectable Product SCDGP · 2659614

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML [Relistor] SBDC · 979114
  • Methylnaltrexone Injection [Relistor] SBDF · 1659741
  • Methylnaltrexone bromide Injection [Relistor] SBDFP · 2657956
  • Relistor Injectable Product SBDG · 1180709
  • Relistor BN · 796436

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

3 products · 6 package NDCs
6 package NDCs map to RxCUI 979115 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
65649-0150-06 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (65649-150-06) / 6 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2016-07-19
65649-0150-90 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (65649-150-90) Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2016-07-19
65649-0551-02 1 VIAL, SINGLE-DOSE in 1 CARTON (65649-551-02) / .6 mL in 1... Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2008-04-24
65649-0551-03 7 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (65649-551-03) / 1 SYRINGE in 1... Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2008-04-24
65649-0551-07 1 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (65649-551-07) / 1 SYRINGE in 1... Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2008-04-24
65649-0552-04 7 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (65649-552-04) / 1 SYRINGE in 1... Relistor Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2008-04-24
Observed labelers: Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (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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