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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.

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
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.

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.