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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
897712 Hydromorphone hydrochloride 8 MG Oral Tablet [Dilaudid] SBD Branded drug 4 5 View →
977880 Amiloride hydrochloride 5 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 5 View →
991082 Dicyclomine hydrochloride 2 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 5 View →
992395 Gatifloxacin 5 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 5 View →
1001690 {2 (480 ML) (magnesium sulfate 0.0277 MEQ/ML / potassium sulfate 0.0374 MEQ/ML / sodium su... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1010057 Lidocaine hydrochloride 0.05 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1010603 Buprenorphine 2 MG / naloxone 0.5 MG Sublingual Film [Suboxone] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1010606 Buprenorphine 8 MG / naloxone 2 MG Sublingual Film [Suboxone] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1012099 Benzalkonium chloride 1.3 MG/ML / lidocaine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Topical Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1020118 Triclosan 1.5 MG/ML Medicated Liquid Soap SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1038746 Benzalkonium chloride 1.2 MG/ML Medicated Pad [ReadyBath] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1039541 Pramoxine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Medicated Pad SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1040008 Ceftaroline fosamil 400 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1040014 Ceftaroline fosamil 600 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1042786 Camphor 0.047 MG/MG / Eucalyptus oil 0.01 MG/MG / menthol 0.01 MG/MG Topical Ointment SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1043348 Benzethonium chloride 3 MG/ML Medicated Pad SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1045532 Benzocaine 6 MG / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 5 MG / menthol 10 MG Oral Lozenge SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1046406 100 ML amiodarone hydrochloride 1.5 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1052670 Acetaminophen 325 MG / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1053173 Water 986 MG/ML Ophthalmic Irrigation Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
105586 Methotrexate 10 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1091143 50/50 Release 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 10 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Rit... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091157 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 18 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Concerta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091167 50/50 Release 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 20 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Rit... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091172 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 27 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Concerta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091182 50/50 Release 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 30 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Rit... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091187 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 36 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Concerta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091197 50/50 Release 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 40 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Rit... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1091212 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 54 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Concerta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1092566 {7 (24 HR guanfacine 1 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet) / 7 (24 HR guanfacine 2 MG Extende... GPCK Generic pack 4 4 View →
1092567 {7 (24 HR guanfacine 1 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Intuniv]) / 7 (24 HR guanfacine 2... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1093170 Sodium fluoride 27.2 MG/ML Oral Foam [Kolorz] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1093289 Urea 390 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1099896 Capsaicin 0.375 MG/ML / menthol 50 MG/ML / methyl salicylate 200 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1101852 Glycerin 330 MG/ML / phenol 15 MG/ML Mucosal Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1102185 Benzalkonium chloride 1 MG/ML Topical Lotion SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1102253 Menthol 20 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1111261 Potassium bicarbonate 20 MEQ Effervescent Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1111263 Potassium bicarbonate 20 MEQ Effervescent Oral Tablet [Effer-K] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1111265 Potassium bicarbonate 10 MEQ Effervescent Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1111267 Potassium bicarbonate 10 MEQ Effervescent Oral Tablet [Effer-K] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1117245 Acetaminophen 500 MG / diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1125471 Zinc oxide 250 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1193297 Camphor 100 MG/ML / menthol 160 MG/ML / methyl salicylate 500 MG/ML Topical Oil SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1232194 Zolpidem tartrate 1.75 MG Sublingual Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1232202 Zolpidem tartrate 3.5 MG Sublingual Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1242106 1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 100 MG/ML Cartridge [Demerol] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1242503 1 ML meperidine hydrochloride 25 MG/ML Cartridge [Demerol] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1242786 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.035 MG / norethindrone 1 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (inert ingredients 1... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1243004 Axitinib 1 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1243010 Axitinib 1 MG Oral Tablet [Inlyta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1243012 Axitinib 5 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1243014 Axitinib 5 MG Oral Tablet [Inlyta] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1243585 Flurbiprofen sodium 0.3 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1245168 Magnesium citrate 58.2 MG/ML Oral Solution [Citroma] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1247251 Pramoxine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Medicated Liquid Soap SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1250234 Aluminum sulfate 8.42 MG/ML / calcium acetate 5.95 MG/ML Topical Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1251031 Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 3 MG/ML / guaifenesin 60 MG/ML / phenylephrine hydrochloride... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1294033 Pramoxine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML / zinc acetate 1 MG/ML Topical Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1297832 Benzocaine 0.2 MG/MG Oral Gel [Alpha-caine] SBD Branded drug 4 4 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.