November Release - 11/01/2010

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2010AB 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	10/04/2010
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	10/06/2010
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	10/01/2010
Micromedex DRUGDEX	MMX	09/27/2010
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	10/26/2010
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	10/01/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	11/01/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	09/24/2010

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
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	09/01/2010
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	07/31/2010

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	292
Active BPCK forms	379
Active SCD forms	19,300
Active SBD forms	15,744
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,560
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,929
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,536
Active RXNORM BN atoms	14,146
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	42
Obsolete BPCK forms	12
Obsolete SCD forms	12,996
Obsolete SBD forms	4,052
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	55
OCD atoms	265,899
Source-asserted NDC codes	579,503
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	347,222
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	297,129
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	297,129

Last Reviewed: November 1, 2010