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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
106387 Permethrin 50 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1111440 Chlorpheniramine maleate 0.2 MG/ML / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 1.5 MG/ML Oral Solution SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1305263 1.7 ML mepivacaine hydrochloride 30 MG/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1373137 Lidocaine hydrochloride 0.04 MG/MG / menthol 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
153046 Olanzapine 5 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
153047 Olanzapine 7.5 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
153048 Olanzapine 10 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
1664981 Aztreonam 1000 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1666781 1 ML atropine sulfate 0.4 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1736585 Dexrazoxane 250 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
1946772 Methotrexate 25 MG/ML Injectable Solution SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
199521 Vigabatrin 500 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
212405 Olanzapine 2.5 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
261280 Gabapentin 600 MG Oral Tablet [Neurontin] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
261281 Gabapentin 800 MG Oral Tablet [Neurontin] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
261337 Olanzapine 15 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
2637728 {1 (acetaminophen 32.5 MG/ML / diphenhydramine hydrochloride 1.25 MG/ML / phenylephrine hy... GPCK Generic pack 11 11 View →
284514 Olanzapine 20 MG Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
309291 Ciclopirox 80 MG/ML Topical Solution SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
309958 Disopyramide 100 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
309960 Disopyramide 150 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
310261 Exemestane 25 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
310353 Fluconazole 40 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
311192 Isosorbide mononitrate 10 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
311683 100 ML metronidazole 5 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
311989 Nitrofurantoin 5 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
313920 Cefazolin 200 MG/ML Injectable Solution SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
351973 Gabapentin 50 MG/ML Oral Solution [Neurontin] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
545353 Olanzapine 10 MG Injection [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
748878 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.03 MG / levonorgestrel 0.15 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (inert ingredient... GPCK Generic pack 11 11 View →
754503 Olanzapine 10 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
754504 Olanzapine 15 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
754505 Olanzapine 20 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
754506 Olanzapine 5 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Zyprexa] SBD Branded drug 11 11 View →
801961 2 ML diazepam 5 MG/ML Rectal Gel SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
801966 4 ML diazepam 5 MG/ML Rectal Gel SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
804544 Difluprednate 0.5 MG/ML Ophthalmic Suspension SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
835925 Cyclosporine, modified 50 MG Oral Capsule SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
904415 Nalbuphine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Injectable Solution SCD Clinical drug 11 11 View →
104781 Risperidone 1 MG Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
104782 Risperidone 2 MG Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
104783 Risperidone 3 MG Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
104784 Risperidone 4 MG Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
1248119 Docusate sodium 10 MG/ML Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 11 10 View →
211489 Risperidone 1 MG/ML Oral Solution [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
262222 Risperidone 0.5 MG Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
630890 Risperidone 3 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
630974 Risperidone 4 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
806297 Risperidone 0.5 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
806298 Risperidone 1 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
806299 Risperidone 2 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet [Risperdal] SBD Branded drug 11 10 View →
583214 Paclitaxel 100 MG Injection SCD Clinical drug 11 9 View →
995599 Ethambutol hydrochloride 100 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 11 9 View →
731533 Ibuprofen 200 MG Oral Capsule [Advil] SBD Branded drug 10 49 View →
1795477 500 ML glucose 100 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 10 40 View →
1795480 250 ML glucose 100 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 10 40 View →
861783 Metformin hydrochloride 500 MG / pioglitazone 15 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 10 31 View →
978668 24 HR diethylpropion hydrochloride 75 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 10 31 View →
1734476 30 ML ropivacaine hydrochloride 5 MG/ML Injection [Naropin] SBD Branded drug 10 30 View →
1807549 100 ML sodium chloride 4.5 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 10 30 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.