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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
896235 60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.045 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
896237 120 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.045 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dos... SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
896239 60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.115 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
896243 60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.115 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
896267 60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.23 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
896271 60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.23 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
896273 120 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.23 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.021 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose... SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
897126 3 ML liraglutide 6 MG/ML Pen Injector [Victoza] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
979113 0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
979115 0.6 ML methylnaltrexone bromide 20 MG/ML Injection [Relistor] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
979466 Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 MG / losartan potassium 100 MG Oral Tablet [Hyzaar] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
979470 Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 MG / losartan potassium 50 MG Oral Tablet [Hyzaar] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
979473 Hydrochlorothiazide 25 MG / losartan potassium 100 MG Oral Tablet [Hyzaar] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
993550 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 174 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
993552 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 174 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Aplenzin] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
993567 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 348 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
993569 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 348 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Aplenzin] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
993681 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 522 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 6 View →
993683 24 HR bupropion hydrobromide 522 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet [Aplenzin] SBD Branded drug 3 6 View →
1002300 Nilotinib 150 MG Oral Capsule [Tasigna] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1014643 Cetirizine hydrochloride 5 MG Chewable Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1039699 Ethanol 0.665 ML/ML Medicated Pad SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1040054 Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 20 MG / quinidine sulfate 10 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1046815 Atropine sulfate 0.0194 MG / hyoscyamine sulfate 0.1037 MG / phenobarbital 16.2 MG / scopo... SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1092360 Rufinamide 40 MG/ML Oral Suspension [Banzel] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1099038 Sodium fluoride 0.0021 MG/MG Toothpaste SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1099279 Docusate sodium 100 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1113368 Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 4 MG/ML / guaifenesin 80 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1148155 Brompheniramine maleate 0.8 MG/ML / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 4 MG/ML / phenylephrine... SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1361563 0.36 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge [Follistim] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1361569 0.72 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge [Follistim] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1361572 1.08 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge [Follistim] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1424899 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1430446 Afatinib 20 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1430449 Afatinib 20 MG Oral Tablet [Gilotrif] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1430451 Afatinib 30 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1430453 Afatinib 30 MG Oral Tablet [Gilotrif] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1430455 Afatinib 40 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1430457 Afatinib 40 MG Oral Tablet [Gilotrif] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1488624 Sodium bicarbonate 2600 MG Powder for Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1539891 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1539893 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1544556 Neomycin sulfate 0.005 MG/MG Topical Ointment SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1547660 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler [Arnuity] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1547663 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1547664 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler [Arnuity] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1547666 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1547668 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler [Arnuity] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1547672 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler [Arnuity] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1604544 1.5 ML insulin glargine 300 UNT/ML Pen Injector [Toujeo] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1606850 Guaifenesin 20 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1648783 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1648785 14 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1648789 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT / vilanterol 0.025 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhale... SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1655936 Menthol 37 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1736267 1.5 ML somatropin 3.3 MG/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1736337 1.5 ML somatropin 6.67 MG/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1741263 10 ML iron sucrose 20 MG/ML Injection [Venofer] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
1743869 250 ML dopamine hydrochloride 0.8 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
1743871 500 ML dopamine hydrochloride 0.8 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 3 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.