August Release - 08/02/2010

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2010AA UMLS Metathesaurus release. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm Documentation.

Sources

The following sources have been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Gold Standard Alchemy	GS	07/06/2010
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	07/07/2010
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	07/01/2010
Micromedex DRUGDEX	MMX	07/06/2010
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	07/01/2010
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	07/26/2010
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	07/09/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	08/02/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	06/17/2010

The following sources have not been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/17/2009
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMED CT	01/31/2010

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	286
Active BPCK forms	366
Active SCD forms	18,951
Active SBD forms	15,675
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,880
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,529
Active RXNORM BN atoms	13,928
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	38
Obsolete BPCK forms	13
Obsolete SCD forms	12,888
Obsolete SBD forms	3,979
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	55
OCD atoms	262,931
Source-asserted NDC codes	563,973
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	343,819
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	291,303
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	291,303

Last Reviewed: August 2, 2010