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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
105583 Fluorouracil 50 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1086750 Acetaminophen 32 MG/ML / chlorpheniramine maleate 0.2 MG/ML / dextromethorphan hydrobromid... SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1091646 Azilsartan medoxomil 40 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1091652 Azilsartan medoxomil 80 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1234506 Hydrocortisone acetate 25 MG/ML / pramoxine hydrochloride 10 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1292887 250 ML dopamine hydrochloride 3.2 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1297753 Betaxolol hydrochloride 10 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1297757 Betaxolol hydrochloride 20 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1547658 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1547671 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.2 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1658966 1.8 ML articaine hydrochloride 40 MG/ML / epinephrine 0.005 MG/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1661483 1.8 ML articaine hydrochloride 40 MG/ML / epinephrine 0.01 MG/ML Cartridge SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1797929 Budesonide 0.032 MG/ACTUAT Metered Dose Nasal Spray SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1799694 100 ML soybean oil 200 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1799696 100 ML soybean oil 200 MG/ML Injection [Intralipid] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
197785 Hydrocortisone 25 MG/ML Topical Lotion SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1988652 12 ML letermovir 20 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1988657 12 ML letermovir 20 MG/ML Injection [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
1988660 24 ML letermovir 20 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1988661 24 ML letermovir 20 MG/ML Injection [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
1988666 Letermovir 240 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1988671 Letermovir 240 MG Oral Tablet [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
1988673 Letermovir 480 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
1988675 Letermovir 480 MG Oral Tablet [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
1989081 Bosentan 32 MG Tablet for Oral Suspension SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2045377 30 ACTUAT fluticasone furoate 0.05 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2200644 Semaglutide 14 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2200650 Semaglutide 14 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2200652 Semaglutide 3 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2200654 Semaglutide 3 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2200656 Semaglutide 7 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2200658 Semaglutide 7 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
245199 Salicylic acid 10 MG/ML Topical Lotion SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2475473 Menthol 10 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2536740 Baloxavir marboxil 80 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2536742 Baloxavir marboxil 80 MG Oral Tablet [Xofluza] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2610422 7.5 ML spesolimab-sbzo 60 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2610428 7.5 ML spesolimab-sbzo 60 MG/ML Injection [Spevigo] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2678979 1 ML spesolimab-sbzo 150 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2678984 1 ML spesolimab-sbzo 150 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Spevigo] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2693185 Letermovir 20 MG Oral Pellet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2693189 Letermovir 20 MG Oral Pellet [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2693191 Letermovir 120 MG Oral Pellet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2693193 Letermovir 120 MG Oral Pellet [Prevymis] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2707549 Semaglutide 1.5 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2707553 Semaglutide 4 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2707557 Semaglutide 9 MG Oral Tablet [Rybelsus] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2716696 2 ML spesolimab-sbzo 150 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
2716697 2 ML spesolimab-sbzo 150 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe [Spevigo] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2736944 Semaglutide 1.5 MG Oral Tablet [Ozempic] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2736946 Semaglutide 4 MG Oral Tablet [Ozempic] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
2736948 Semaglutide 9 MG Oral Tablet [Ozempic] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
309650 4 ML daunorubicin 5 MG/ML Injection SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
310228 Ethinyl estradiol 0.035 MG / ethynodiol diacetate 1 MG Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
311679 Metronidazole 0.0075 MG/MG Topical Gel SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
313291 Theophylline 400 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
313921 Calcipotriene 0.05 MG/ML Topical Cream SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
348472 Theophylline 600 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet SCD Clinical drug 6 8 View →
646344 Omeprazole 20 MG / sodium bicarbonate 1100 MG Oral Capsule [Zegerid Reformulated Aug 2006] SBD Branded drug 6 8 View →
748804 {21 (ethinyl estradiol 0.035 MG / ethynodiol diacetate 1 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (inert ingred... GPCK Generic pack 6 8 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.