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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
851753 {14 (lamotrigine 100 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Lamictal]) / 42 (lamotrigine 50 MG Dis... BPCK Branded pack 16 18 View →
1235200 Glycerin 5 MG/ML / naphazoline hydrochloride 0.3 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1302827 24 HR phentermine 7.5 MG / topiramate 46 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1302839 24 HR phentermine 3.75 MG / topiramate 23 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1302850 24 HR phentermine 15 MG / topiramate 92 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1313059 24 HR phentermine 11.25 MG / topiramate 69 MG Extended Release Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1721460 Nafcillin 2000 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
309368 Clotrimazole 10 MG/ML Vaginal Cream SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
309684 Dexamethasone 1 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
992858 1 ML promethazine hydrochloride 50 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 16 17 View →
1010878 Lidocaine hydrochloride 40 MG/ML Mucous Membrane Topical Solution SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1042675 Acetaminophen 21.7 MG/ML / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 0.667 MG/ML / doxylamine succinat... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1043249 Tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride 0.5 MG/ML / zinc sulfate 2.5 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1052658 Etravirine 200 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1120068 Magnesium sulfate 0.0277 MEQ/ML / potassium sulfate 0.0374 MEQ/ML / sodium sulfate 0.257 M... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1306898 24 HR hydromorphone hydrochloride 32 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
142046 Metronidazole 0.0075 MG/MG Vaginal Gel SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1592742 Nintedanib 100 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1592750 Nintedanib 150 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1658717 250 ML heparin sodium, porcine 100 UNT/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1927610 3-Bead 24 HR amphetamine aspartate 12.5 MG / amphetamine sulfate 12.5 MG / dextroamphetami... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1927617 3-Bead 24 HR amphetamine aspartate 6.25 MG / amphetamine sulfate 6.25 MG / dextroamphetami... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1927630 3-Bead 24 HR amphetamine aspartate 3.125 MG / amphetamine sulfate 3.125 MG / dextroampheta... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
1927637 3-Bead 24 HR amphetamine aspartate 9.375 MG / amphetamine sulfate 9.375 MG / dextroampheta... SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
238082 Ketamine 10 MG/ML Injectable Solution SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
2640883 0.8 ML adalimumab-adbm 50 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
2640895 0.8 ML adalimumab-adbm 50 MG/ML Auto-Injector SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
2680743 0.4 ML adalimumab-adbm 100 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
2680748 0.4 ML adalimumab-adbm 100 MG/ML Auto-Injector SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
2745770 RxCUI 2745770 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745776 RxCUI 2745776 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745778 RxCUI 2745778 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745780 RxCUI 2745780 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745782 RxCUI 2745782 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745784 RxCUI 2745784 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745786 RxCUI 2745786 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745788 RxCUI 2745788 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745790 RxCUI 2745790 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745792 RxCUI 2745792 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745794 RxCUI 2745794 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745796 RxCUI 2745796 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745798 RxCUI 2745798 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2745800 RxCUI 2745800 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746018 RxCUI 2746018 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746019 RxCUI 2746019 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746020 RxCUI 2746020 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746021 RxCUI 2746021 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746022 RxCUI 2746022 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
2746023 RxCUI 2746023 mapped product set — — 16 16 View →
309339 50 ML clindamycin 6 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
351173 Nitisinone 2 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
351174 Nitisinone 5 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
351175 Nitisinone 10 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
351209 Voriconazole 200 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
433196 Menthol 2.7 MG Oral Lozenge SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
656838 Sodium fluoride 0.02 MG/MG Oral Gel [Gelato sodium fluoride] SBD Branded drug 16 16 View →
754761 Etravirine 100 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 16 16 View →
854232 0.3 ML enoxaparin sodium 100 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Lovenox] SBD Branded drug 16 16 View →
854239 0.6 ML enoxaparin sodium 100 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Lovenox] SBD Branded drug 16 16 View →
854242 0.8 ML enoxaparin sodium 100 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Lovenox] SBD Branded drug 16 16 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.