August Release - 08/06/2012

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2012AA UMLS Metathesaurus release. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm technical documentation.

Sources

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Gold Standard Drug Database	GS	07/05/2012
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	07/04/2012
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	07/01/2012
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	07/02/2012
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	07/30/2012
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	07/11/2012
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	06/27/2012

 

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	02/01/2012
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	07/02/2012
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	01/31/2012

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	330
Active BPCK forms	413
Active SCD forms	20,764
Active SBD forms	16,718
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,766
Active RXNORM IN atoms	5,042
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,659
Active RXNORM BN atoms	15,923
Active RXNORM DF atoms	103
Obsolete GPCK forms	76
Obsolete BPCK forms	47
Obsolete SCD forms	13,049
Obsolete SBD forms	4,081
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	52
OCD atoms	300,654
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,076,743
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	507,447
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	214,523
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	214,523

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2012