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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.