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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
2697170 Aripiprazole 10 MG Oral Film [Opipza] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
2705617 Mirdametinib 1 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
2705623 Mirdametinib 1 MG Oral Capsule [Gomekli] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
2705626 Mirdametinib 2 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
2705628 Mirdametinib 2 MG Oral Capsule [Gomekli] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
2705632 Mirdametinib 1 MG Tablet for Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
2705635 Mirdametinib 1 MG Tablet for Oral Suspension [Gomekli] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
2715412 Doxylamine succinate 0.417 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
2717656 {1 (acetaminophen 325 MG / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 MG / triprolidine hydrochlorid... GPCK Generic pack 3 5 View →
2721464 Futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
2721466 Futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet [Lytgobi] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
2721467 {7 (futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (futibatinib 4 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack GPCK Generic pack 3 5 View →
2721468 {7 (futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet [Lytgobi]) / 7 (futibatinib 4 MG Oral Tablet [Lytgobi])... BPCK Branded pack 3 5 View →
2721469 {7 (futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack GPCK Generic pack 3 5 View →
2721470 {7 (futibatinib 16 MG Oral Tablet [Lytgobi]) } Pack [Lytgobi 16 MG Daily Dose - 16 MG (7)] BPCK Branded pack 3 5 View →
285018 Insulin glargine 100 UNT/ML Injectable Solution [Lantus] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
309322 Clarithromycin 50 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
310465 Gentamicin 0.001 MG/MG Topical Ointment SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
311041 Insulin glargine 100 UNT/ML Injectable Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
312104 Belladonna alkaloids 16.2 MG / opium 30 MG Rectal Suppository SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
352066 Bosentan 62.5 MG Oral Tablet [Tracleer] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
580261 Tiotropium 0.018 MG Inhalation Powder [Spiriva] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
645884 Somatropin 5 MG/ML Injectable Solution [Omnitrope] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
656660 Bosentan 125 MG Oral Tablet [Tracleer] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
722152 Ethinyl estradiol 0.02 MG / levonorgestrel 0.09 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
727347 NDA019430 0.3 ML epinephrine 1 MG/ML Auto-Injector [Epipen] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
746609 Nilotinib 200 MG Oral Capsule [Tasigna] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
751553 {28 (ethinyl estradiol 0.02 MG / levonorgestrel 0.09 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack GPCK Generic pack 3 5 View →
797885 Salicylic acid 5 MG/ML Medicated Pad SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
824299 Rufinamide 200 MG Oral Tablet [Banzel] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
824303 Rufinamide 400 MG Oral Tablet [Banzel] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
830388 Magnesium salicylate 580 MG Oral Tablet [Doans] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
834137 Chlorhexidine gluconate 1.2 MG/ML Mouthwash [Periogard] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
854302 1.5 ML somatropin 6.67 MG/ML Cartridge [Omnitrope] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
854787 0.36 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
854788 0.72 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
854790 1.08 ML follitropin beta 833 UNT/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
855863 Phenytoin sodium 200 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Phenytek] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
855869 Phenytoin sodium 30 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
855871 Phenytoin sodium 30 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule [Dilantin] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
864110 1.5 ML somatropin 3.3 MG/ML Cartridge [Omnitrope] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
899350 Mesna 100 MG/ML Injectable Solution [Mesnex] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
977990 Halobetasol propionate 0.5 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 3 5 View →
979482 Losartan potassium 100 MG Oral Tablet [Cozaar] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
979487 Losartan potassium 25 MG Oral Tablet [Cozaar] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
979494 Losartan potassium 50 MG Oral Tablet [Cozaar] SBD Branded drug 3 5 View →
996572 {21 (memantine hydrochloride 10 MG Oral Tablet) / 28 (memantine hydrochloride 5 MG Oral Ta... GPCK Generic pack 3 5 View →
1001066 Oxymetazoline hydrochloride 0.5 MG/ML Nasal Spray [Sinex Long-Acting] SBD Branded drug 3 4 View →
1006110 Sulfacetamide sodium 100 MG/ML Medicated Liquid Soap [Ovace] SBD Branded drug 3 4 View →
1009433 Lidocaine hydrochloride 0.025 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1010696 Carbinoxamine maleate 0.8 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1010823 Menthol 0.075 MG/MG Medicated Patch SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1012904 Carbinoxamine maleate 4 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1037205 Povidone-iodine 10 MG/ML Medicated Pad SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1039043 Menthol 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1040025 Corticotropin 80 UNT/ML Injectable Solution [Acthar] SBD Branded drug 3 4 View →
104206 Digoxin 0.0625 MG Oral Tablet [Lanoxin] SBD Branded drug 3 4 View →
1042684 Acetaminophen 33.3 MG/ML / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 1 MG/ML / doxylamine succinate 0.... SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1043658 Naphazoline hydrochloride 0.25 MG/ML / pheniramine maleate 3 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 3 4 View →
1046751 Acetaminophen 325 MG / diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25 MG / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5... SCD Clinical drug 3 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.