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RxCUI Directory

An RxCUI is the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s universal ID for one drug concept — an ingredient, a brand name, or a specific strength-and-form combination. Every concept page here connects that identifier to its FDA-listed products, package NDCs, NADAC pricing, and HCPCS billing codes, so other pages on this site can link a code straight to its meaning.

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Compiled from the public NLM RxNorm vocabulary and the FDA openFDA NDC directory. Editorial policy

One page for every drug concept in current FDA listings. Most are clinical drugs (TTY SCD: ingredient + strength + dose form, like ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet) and branded drugs (SBD: the same drug under its brand name), plus multi-drug packs. The clinical drug is the anchor level where products, package NDCs, pricing, and billing line up.

Key Stats

16,643
Drug concepts
83,174
FDA products mapped
368,539
Package NDCs
Jul 14, 2026
Source data

Our RxCUI Database: Every Drug Concept Behind Current FDA Listings

What an RxCUI is, what a TTY is, and how to read every code in this directory — a two-minute primer. New to RxCUIs? Start here

Two things run this whole directory: the RxCUI and its TTY. An RxCUI is just a number — one number for one exact drug concept in RxNorm (the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s standard drug vocabulary). But the numbers all look alike: 5640, 198440, 310965 — nothing in the digits tells you what any of them is.

That is the job of the TTY (term type).

The TTY is the label that says whether an RxCUI is a bare ingredient, a brand name, or an exact ingredient + strength + form. Same-looking numbers, completely different meanings — the TTY is the key. So the habit for every RxCUI is simple: read the number, then read the TTY.

Same Medicine, Several RxCUIs — the TTY Tells Them Apart

Ibuprofen isn’t one code. Each layer of it is its own RxCUI, and only the TTY says which layer you’re looking at:

5640TTY INibuprofen — the bare ingredient
310965TTY SCDibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet — one exact clinical drug
153010TTY BN“Advil” — the brand name is its own RxCUI, tagged BN
153008TTY SBDibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Advil] — the same clinical drug under its brand — is yet another, tagged SBD
The concept types (TTYs) you’ll see in this directory

Every browse row below shows its TTY — click any code to jump to its definition here.

The Active Ingredient

IN · PIN · MIN — the substance itself, before strength or form.
IN
Ingredient

The active drug substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached. Example: ibuprofen.

PIN
Precise ingredient

A specific form of an ingredient, such as a particular salt. Example: ibuprofen lysine.

MIN
Ingredient combination

Two or more active ingredients named together. Example: amlodipine / valsartan.

Generic (Clinical) Drugs

SCD and friends — ingredient + strength + dose form, unbranded.
SCD
Clinical drug

Ingredient + strength + dose form, unbranded. Example: ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet.

SCDC
Clinical drug component

An ingredient at a specific strength, before a dose form is added.

SCDF
Clinical dose form

An ingredient in a dose form, without a specific strength.

SCDG
Clinical drug group

A grouping of related clinical drugs.

Brand-Name Drugs

BN · SBD and friends — trade names and branded drugs.
BN
Brand name

A trade name for a drug. Example: Advil.

SBD
Branded drug

Brand + ingredient + strength + form. Example: ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet [Advil].

SBDF
Branded dose form

A brand in a dose form, without a specific strength.

SBDG
Branded drug group

A grouping of related branded drugs.

Multi-Drug Packs

GPCK · BPCK — sets of drugs packaged and sold together.
GPCK
Generic pack

A set of generic drugs packaged together, such as a dose-taper pack.

BPCK
Branded pack

A branded multi-drug pack.

Dose-Form Vocabulary

DF · DFG — tablets, solutions, and their broader families.
DF
Dose form

A form a medicine takes — tablet, solution, injection, and so on.

DFG
Dose-form group

A broader family of related dose forms.

🕸️ Reading a Concept Web

This is the interactive map you’ll find on every concept page — here shown for ibuprofen. One RxCUI never lives alone: follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
The example concept Ibuprofen RxCUI 5640

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

  1. Brand names (BN) 1

    BN, a brand name: the trade name alone — no strength, no form.

    • Advil 153010
  2. Dose form (DF) 1

    DF, a dose form: the bare form these come in — Oral Tablet is one concept shared by every oral-tablet drug, not unique to ibuprofen.

    • Oral Tablet 317541
  3. Clinical drugs (SCD) 4

    SCD, a clinical drug: ingredient + strength + dose form. The concept FDA product data attaches to most precisely.

    • Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet 310965
    • Ibuprofen 400 MG Oral Tablet 197805
    • Ibuprofen 600 MG Oral Tablet 197806
    • Ibuprofen 800 MG Oral Tablet 197807
  4. Branded drugs (SBD) 4

    SBD, a branded drug: that exact clinical drug under a brand name.

    • Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Advil] 153008
    • Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Genpril] 206886
    • Ibuprofen 600 MG Oral Tablet [Ibu] 206913
    • Ibuprofen 800 MG Oral Tablet [Ibu] 206917

A trimmed illustration for teaching. Every chip here is a real, verified RxNorm concept with its RxCUI printed. A real concept page draws the live web for its own RxCUI, one chip per stored related concept.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships: how concepts name and organize the same drug. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability. Two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

Browse Concepts — 16,643 concepts in the current snapshot

TTY

Ordered by how many FDA products carry each concept. Clinical drugs (SCD: one exact ingredient + strength + dose form, such as ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet) and branded drugs (SBD: the same drug under its brand name) lead the list, because those are the concepts FDA product listings name. The TTY column shows each row’s type — click any code to see what it means.

RxCUI Official name TTY Concept type Products Packages
2272112 Avapritinib 100 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2272118 Avapritinib 100 MG Oral Tablet [Ayvakit] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2272120 Avapritinib 200 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2272122 Avapritinib 200 MG Oral Tablet [Ayvakit] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2272124 Avapritinib 300 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2272126 Avapritinib 300 MG Oral Tablet [Ayvakit] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2277550 Ethanol 0.72 ML/ML Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
237649 500 ML glucose 200 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
237650 500 ML glucose 400 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2390644 Enzalutamide 40 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2390646 Enzalutamide 40 MG Oral Tablet [Xtandi] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2390648 Enzalutamide 80 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2390650 Enzalutamide 80 MG Oral Tablet [Xtandi] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
239179 Dactinomycin 0.5 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2398511 {9 (Once-Daily gabapentin 300 MG Oral Tablet) / 24 (Once-Daily gabapentin 600 MG Oral Tabl... GPCK Generic pack 5 5 View →
2398512 {9 (Once-Daily gabapentin 300 MG Oral Tablet [Gralise]) / 24 (Once-Daily gabapentin 600 MG... BPCK Branded pack 5 5 View →
2399892 84 HR estradiol 0.00104 MG/HR Transdermal System [Lyllana] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2399895 84 HR estradiol 0.00156 MG/HR Transdermal System [Lyllana] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2399898 84 HR estradiol 0.00208 MG/HR Transdermal System [Lyllana] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2399901 84 HR estradiol 0.00313 MG/HR Transdermal System [Lyllana] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2399904 84 HR estradiol 0.00417 MG/HR Transdermal System [Lyllana] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
242694 500 ML glucose 300 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
244557 Benzocaine 0.2 MG/MG Topical Ointment SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
247812 Zinc pyrithione 1 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2479564 200 ML labetalol hydrochloride 1 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2479566 100 ML labetalol hydrochloride 1 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2479567 300 ML labetalol hydrochloride 1 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
249066 Prednisolone 5 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2529640 Lidocaine 40 MG/ML / phenylephrine hydrochloride 2.5 MG/ML Rectal Cream SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2548833 Salicylic acid 50 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2559723 Avapritinib 25 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2559725 Avapritinib 25 MG Oral Tablet [Ayvakit] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2559727 Avapritinib 50 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2559729 Avapritinib 50 MG Oral Tablet [Ayvakit] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2562183 Lidocaine hydrochloride 0.028 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2588077 3 ML cabotegravir 200 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2590919 Cetylpyridinium chloride 23 MG/ML Mouthwash SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2594600 24 HR lorazepam 1.5 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2594603 24 HR lorazepam 1.5 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Loreev] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2606549 Levonorgestrel 1.5 MG Oral Tablet [Julie] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2611458 Ivacaftor 94 MG / lumacaftor 75 MG Oral Granules SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2611460 Ivacaftor 94 MG / lumacaftor 75 MG Oral Granules [ORKAMBI] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
261335 Levetiracetam 250 MG Oral Tablet [Keppra] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
261336 Levetiracetam 500 MG Oral Tablet [Keppra] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2628215 Daprodustat 1 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2628221 Daprodustat 1 MG Oral Tablet [Jesduvroq] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2628223 Daprodustat 2 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2628225 Daprodustat 2 MG Oral Tablet [Jesduvroq] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2628227 Daprodustat 4 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2628229 Daprodustat 4 MG Oral Tablet [Jesduvroq] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2628231 Daprodustat 6 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2628233 Daprodustat 6 MG Oral Tablet [Jesduvroq] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2628235 Daprodustat 8 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2628237 Daprodustat 8 MG Oral Tablet [Jesduvroq] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2634228 10 ML phenylephrine hydrochloride 0.1 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 5 5 View →
2634233 10 ML phenylephrine hydrochloride 0.1 MG/ML Injection [Immphentiv] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2634235 5 ML phenylephrine hydrochloride 0.1 MG/ML Injection [Immphentiv] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2634745 Once-Daily gabapentin 900 MG Oral Tablet [Gralise] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2634749 Once-Daily gabapentin 450 MG Oral Tablet [Gralise] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →
2634753 Once-Daily gabapentin 750 MG Oral Tablet [Gralise] SBD Branded drug 5 5 View →

Pages exist only for concepts observed on real FDA product listings.

Where does this data come from?
Concept identity, names, and relationships come from the NLM RxNorm vocabulary; product and package mappings from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory. Each directory generation is validated and published as one immutable snapshot. This product uses publicly available data from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; NLM is not responsible for the product and does not endorse or recommend this or any other product.