August Release - 08/01/2011

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2011AA 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	07/10/2011
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	07/06/2011
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	07/01/2011
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	07/05/2011
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	07/25/2011
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	07/06/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	08/01/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	07/11/2011

 

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	02/14/2011
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	01/31/2011

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	315
Active BPCK forms	388
Active SCD forms	19,387
Active SBD forms	16,788
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,666
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,987
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,568
Active RXNORM BN atoms	15,292
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	65
Obsolete BPCK forms	43
Obsolete SCD forms	13,767
Obsolete SBD forms	3,979
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	281,257
Source-asserted NDC codes	811,609
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	436,865
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	238,886
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	238,886

Last Reviewed: August 1, 2011