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.
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
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:
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.
The active drug substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached. Example: ibuprofen.
A specific form of an ingredient, such as a particular salt. Example: ibuprofen lysine.
Two or more active ingredients named together. Example: amlodipine / valsartan.
Generic (Clinical) Drugs
SCD and friends — ingredient + strength + dose form, unbranded.
Ingredient + strength + dose form, unbranded. Example: ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet.
An ingredient at a specific strength, before a dose form is added.
An ingredient in a dose form, without a specific strength.
A grouping of related clinical drugs.
Brand-Name Drugs
BN · SBD and friends — trade names and branded drugs.
A trade name for a drug. Example: Advil.
Brand + ingredient + strength + form. Example: ibuprofen 200 MG oral tablet [Advil].
A brand in a dose form, without a specific strength.
A grouping of related branded drugs.
Multi-Drug Packs
GPCK · BPCK — sets of drugs packaged and sold together.
A set of generic drugs packaged together, such as a dose-taper pack.
A branded multi-drug pack.
Dose-Form Vocabulary
DF · DFG — tablets, solutions, and their broader families.
A form a medicine takes — tablet, solution, injection, and so on.
A broader family of related dose forms.
🕸️ Reading a Concept Web
RxCUI 5640 Ingredient · IN
Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.
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Brand names (BN) 1
BN, a brand name: the trade name alone — no strength, no form.
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Advil
153010BN
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Advil
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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.
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Oral Tablet
317541DF
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Oral Tablet
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Clinical drugs (SCD) 4
SCD, a clinical drug: ingredient + strength + dose form. The concept FDA product data attaches to most precisely.
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Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet
310965SCD -
Ibuprofen 400 MG Oral Tablet
197805SCD -
Ibuprofen 600 MG Oral Tablet
197806SCD -
Ibuprofen 800 MG Oral Tablet
197807SCD
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Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet
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Branded drugs (SBD) 4
SBD, a branded drug: that exact clinical drug under a brand name.
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Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Advil]
153008SBD -
Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Genpril]
206886SBD -
Ibuprofen 600 MG Oral Tablet [Ibu]
206913SBD -
Ibuprofen 800 MG Oral Tablet [Ibu]
206917SBD
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Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Tablet [Advil]
Browse Concepts — 16,643 concepts in the current snapshot
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988394 | Latanoprostene bunod 0.24 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 1989104 | 1 ML benralizumab 30 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 1989109 | 1 ML benralizumab 30 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Fasenra] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2046642 | Carfilzomib 10 MG Injection | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2046644 | Carfilzomib 10 MG Injection [Kyprolis] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2047633 | Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate 5000 MG Powder for Oral Suspension | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2047639 | Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate 5000 MG Powder for Oral Suspension [Lokelma] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 205336 | Hydrogen peroxide 15 MG/ML Mucous Membrane Topical Solution | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 206075 | Erythromycin 250 MG Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Ery-Tab] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 206078 | Erythromycin 333 MG Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Ery-Tab] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 206080 | Erythromycin 500 MG Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Ery-Tab] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 206205 | Lansoprazole 15 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Prevacid] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 206206 | Lansoprazole 30 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule [Prevacid] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 210117 | Calcium carbonate 500 MG Chewable Tablet [Tums] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 210140 | Salicylic acid 0.17 MG/MG Topical Gel [Compound W brand of salicylic acid] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2107522 | Insulin degludec 100 UNT/ML Injectable Solution [Tresiba] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2121666 | Menthol 0.12 MG/MG Topical Gel | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 212448 | Valacyclovir 1000 MG Oral Tablet [Valtrex] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2201538 | Romiplostim 0.125 MG Injection | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2201540 | Romiplostim 0.125 MG Injection [Nplate] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2205632 | 1 ML benralizumab 30 MG/ML Auto-Injector | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2205634 | 1 ML benralizumab 30 MG/ML Auto-Injector [Fasenra] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2261741 | 24 HR asenapine 0.158 MG/HR Transdermal System | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2261750 | 24 HR asenapine 0.238 MG/HR Transdermal System | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2261758 | 24 HR asenapine 0.317 MG/HR Transdermal System | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2265729 | 24 HR asenapine 0.158 MG/HR Transdermal System [Secuado] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2265732 | 24 HR asenapine 0.238 MG/HR Transdermal System [Secuado] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2265735 | 24 HR asenapine 0.317 MG/HR Transdermal System [Secuado] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2275607 | Lumateperone 42 MG Oral Capsule | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2275613 | Lumateperone 42 MG Oral Capsule [Caplyta] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2279007 | Acetaminophen 325 MG / butalbital 25 MG Oral Tablet [Allzital] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2279510 | Acetaminophen 300 MG / oxycodone hydrochloride 10 MG Oral Tablet [Prolate] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2279512 | Acetaminophen 300 MG / oxycodone hydrochloride 5 MG Oral Tablet [Prolate] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2279514 | Acetaminophen 300 MG / oxycodone hydrochloride 7.5 MG Oral Tablet [Prolate] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 242946 | Nitroglycerin 0.02 MG/MG Topical Ointment | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2480108 | 1 ML triamcinolone acetonide 40 MG/ML Injection [Kenalog] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 250912 | Lidocaine 40 MG/ML / menthol 10 MG/ML Topical Cream | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2557398 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 6.7 MG/ML Pen Injector | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2557403 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 6.7 MG/ML Pen Injector [Sogroya] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2571802 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 3.3 MG/ML Pen Injector | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2571805 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 3.3 MG/ML Pen Injector [Sogroya] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2584354 | Bictegravir 30 MG / emtricitabine 120 MG / tenofovir alafenamide 15 MG Oral Tablet | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2584356 | Bictegravir 30 MG / emtricitabine 120 MG / tenofovir alafenamide 15 MG Oral Tablet [Biktar... | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2607529 | Lumateperone 10.5 MG Oral Capsule | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2607531 | Lumateperone 10.5 MG Oral Capsule [Caplyta] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2607533 | Lumateperone 21 MG Oral Capsule | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2607535 | Lumateperone 21 MG Oral Capsule [Caplyta] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2608534 | Roflumilast 3 MG/ML Topical Cream | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2608539 | Roflumilast 3 MG/ML Topical Cream [Zoryve] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 261159 | Clotrimazole 10 MG/ML Topical Cream [Lotrimin] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2636951 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 10 MG/ML Pen Injector | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2636954 | 1.5 ML somapacitan-beco 10 MG/ML Pen Injector [Sogroya] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2638683 | Sotagliflozin 200 MG Oral Tablet | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2638689 | Sotagliflozin 200 MG Oral Tablet [Inpefa] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2638691 | Sotagliflozin 400 MG Oral Tablet | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2638693 | Sotagliflozin 400 MG Oral Tablet [Inpefa] | SBD | Branded drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2640851 | 0.8 ML adalimumab-aacf 50 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2640859 | 0.8 ML adalimumab-aacf 50 MG/ML Auto-Injector | SCD | Clinical drug | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2640864 | {4 (0.8 ML adalimumab-aacf 50 MG/ML Auto-Injector) } Pack | GPCK | Generic pack | 3 | 6 | View → |
| 2640869 | {6 (0.8 ML adalimumab-aacf 50 MG/ML Auto-Injector) } Pack | GPCK | Generic pack | 3 | 6 | View → |
Pages exist only for concepts observed on real FDA product listings.