These are the fields and their description:
- RXCUI - the RxNorm unique identifier for the clinical drug, which can be one of the following term types:
- Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD) e.g. Azithromycin 250 MG Oral Capsule.
- Semantic Branded Drug (SBD) e.g. Azithromycin 250 MG Oral Capsule [Zithromax].
- Branded Pack (BPCK) e.g. {6 (Azithromycin 250 MG Oral Tablet [Zithromax]) } Pack [Z-PAKS].
- GENERIC_RXCUI - this is the corresponding generic clinical drug for SBD and BPCK (null for SCD).
- TTY - term type in RxNorm.
- FULL_NAME - the full RxNorm name of the clinical drug.
- RXN_DOSE_FORM - dose form and intended route information from RxNorm.
- FULL_GENERIC_NAME - the generic part of the full RxNorm name.
- BRAND_NAME - the brand name part of the full RxNorm name (null for SCD). Brand names are in all uppercase to distinguish them from generic names.
- DISPLAY_NAME - drug name (either generic or brand name) and intended route e.g. INDERAL (Oral-pill).
- ROUTE - intended route derived from RXN_DOSE_FORM.
- NEW_DOSE_FORM - dose form derived from RXN_DOSE_FORM.
- STRENGTH - strength information parsed from the RxNorm full name.
- SUPPRESS_FOR - to flag drug names deemed not likely to be useful for data entry. For example, long generic drug names with multiple ingredients (e.g. Bacitracin/Hydrocortisone/Neomycin/Polymyxin B) are suppressed because they are almost always prescribed by their brand names (e.g. CORTISPORIN OINTMENT). Any non-null value means that a row should be suppressed.
- DISPLAY_NAME_SYNONYM - commonly used synonyms or abbreviations for the drug e.g. MOM for Milk of Magnesia.
- IS_RETIRED - to flag records that existed in earlier versions but not in the latest version.
The fields DISPLAY_NAME, DISPLAY_NAME_SYNONYM, NEW_DOSE_FORM and STRENGTH are probably the most useful. We advise you to exclude rows that are suppressed or retired (i.e. rows with non-null values in SUPPRESS_FOR or IS_RETIRED).
A sample of the data:
RXCUI |
GENERIC_RXCUI |
TTY |
FULL_NAME |
RXN_DOSE_FORM |
FULL_GENERIC_NAME |
BRAND_NAME |
DISPLAY_NAME |
ROUTE |
NEW_DOSE_FORM |
STRENGTH |
SUPPRESS_FOR |
DISPLAY_NAME_SYNONYM |
IS_RETIRED |
102166 |
197739 |
SBD |
Glycopyrrolate 2MG Oral Tablet [Robinul] |
Oral Tablet |
Glycopyrrolate 2 MG Oral Tablet |
ROBINUL |
ROBINUL (Oral-pill) |
Oral-pill |
Tabs |
2 MG |
|
|
|
210886 |
253017 |
SBD |
Magnesium Hydroxide 80 MG/ML Oral Suspension [MILK OF MAGNESIA] |
Oral Suspension |
Magnesium Hydroxide 80 MG/ML Oral Suspension |
MILK OF MAGNESIA |
MILK OF MAGNESIA (Oral-liquid) |
Oral-liquid |
Susp |
80 MG/ML |
|
MOM |
|
103403 |
|
SCD |
Hydrocortisone 10 MG/ML Topical Lotion |
Topical Lotion |
Hydrocortisone 10 MG/ML Topical Lotion |
|
Hydrocortisone (Topical) |
Topical |
Lotion |
10 MG/ML |
|
|
|
197645 |
|
SCD |
Ergocalciferol 25000 UNT Oral Capsule |
Oral Capsule |
Ergocalciferol 25000 UNT Oral Capsule |
|
Ergocalciferol (Oral-pill) |
Oral-pill |
Caps |
25000 UNT |
|
VITAMIN D; VIT-D |
|
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