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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
1298348 Acetaminophen 21.7 MG/ML / diphenhydramine hydrochloride 0.833 MG/ML / phenylephrine hydro... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1305217 Alpha-tocopherol acetate 1.4 UNT/ML / ascorbic acid 16 MG/ML / biotin 0.004 MG/ML / cholec... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1305222 Alpha-tocopherol acetate 1.4 UNT/ML / ascorbic acid 16 MG/ML / biotin 0.004 MG/ML / cholec... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1307058 Buprenorphine 4 MG / naloxone 1 MG Sublingual Film [Suboxone] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1307063 Buprenorphine 12 MG / naloxone 3 MG Sublingual Film [Suboxone] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1312583 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 5 MG/ML Extended Release Suspension SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1312589 24 HR methylphenidate hydrochloride 5 MG/ML Extended Release Suspension [Quillivant] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1358770 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.02 MG / norethindrone acetate 1 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (ferrous fuma... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1358781 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.02 MG / norethindrone acetate 1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Loestrin... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1359026 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.03 MG / norethindrone acetate 1.5 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (ferrous fu... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1359030 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.03 MG / norethindrone acetate 1.5 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Junel 1... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1359031 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.03 MG / norethindrone acetate 1.5 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Loestri... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1361205 Lidocaine hydrochloride 0.007 MG/MG / menthol 0.002 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1362618 Chloroxylenol 3.75 MG/ML Medicated Liquid Soap SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1367439 21 DAY ethinyl estradiol 0.000625 MG/HR / etonogestrel 0.005 MG/HR Vaginal System [NuvaRin... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1370205 Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 1 MG/ML / guaifenesin 10 MG/ML / phenylephrine hydrochloride... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1372652 Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 MG / guaifenesin 200 MG / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 M... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
142004 Polyvinyl alcohol 0.014 ML/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1426881 Levonorgestrel 1.5 MG Oral Tablet [My Way] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1431286 Acetaminophen 300 MG / butalbital 50 MG / caffeine 40 MG / codeine phosphate 30 MG Oral Ca... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1435490 Benzocaine 200 MG/ML Oral Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1436933 Urea 410 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1482912 Posaconazole 100 MG Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Noxafil] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1483677 Zolmitriptan 2.5 MG/ACTUAT Nasal Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1484916 Sofosbuvir 400 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1484922 Sofosbuvir 400 MG Oral Tablet [Sovaldi] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1485599 Guaifenesin 20 MG/ML / phenylephrine hydrochloride 0.5 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1488047 Tretinoin 0.0008 MG/MG Topical Gel [Retin-A] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1491882 Lidocaine hydrochloride 50 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1492047 16.7 ML posaconazole 18 MG/ML Injection [Noxafil] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1494173 Sulfacetamide sodium 98 MG/ML / sulfur 48 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1536484 Mercaptopurine 20 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1536503 Aspirin 500 MG / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 MG / doxylamine succinate 6.25 MG / phen... SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1539800 Isopropyl alcohol 0.91 ML/ML Topical Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1541928 Sunitinib 37.5 MG Oral Capsule [Sutent] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1545716 Benzethonium chloride 2 MG/ML / lidocaine 40 MG/ML Topical Spray SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1550964 {28 (estradiol 0.5 MG / norethindrone acetate 0.1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Lopreeza 0.5/0.1... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1550965 {28 (estradiol 1 MG / norethindrone acetate 0.5 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Lopreeza 1/0.5 28... BPCK Branded pack 4 4 View →
1591949 Ledipasvir 90 MG / sofosbuvir 400 MG Oral Tablet [Harvoni] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1602588 24 HR donepezil hydrochloride 10 MG / memantine hydrochloride 14 MG Extended Release Oral... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1602594 24 HR donepezil hydrochloride 10 MG / memantine hydrochloride 28 MG Extended Release Oral... SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1650899 0.5 ML interferon beta-1a 0.06 MG/ML Auto-Injector SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1650901 0.5 ML interferon beta-1a 0.06 MG/ML Auto-Injector [Avonex] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1650966 0.88 ML paliperidone palmitate 310 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1650968 0.88 ML paliperidone palmitate 310 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Invega] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1650971 1.32 ML paliperidone palmitate 311 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1650972 1.32 ML paliperidone palmitate 311 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Invega] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1650973 1.75 ML paliperidone palmitate 312 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1650974 1.75 ML paliperidone palmitate 312 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Invega] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1650975 2.63 ML paliperidone palmitate 311 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1650976 2.63 ML paliperidone palmitate 311 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Invega] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1657190 4 ML nivolumab 10 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1657192 4 ML nivolumab 10 MG/ML Injection [Opdivo] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1657195 10 ML nivolumab 10 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1657196 10 ML nivolumab 10 MG/ML Injection [Opdivo] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1662280 100 ML linezolid 2 MG/ML Injection [Zyvox] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1665190 1 ML lorazepam 2 MG/ML Injection [Ativan] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1665327 1 ML lorazepam 4 MG/ML Injection [Ativan] SBD Branded drug 4 4 View →
1665519 30 ML levofloxacin 25 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 4 4 View →
1719005 Gemcitabine 2000 MG Injection SCD Clinical 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.