March Release - 03/03/2014

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2013AB 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	02/06/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	01/29/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	02/03/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	02/03/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	02/24/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	02/05/2014
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	01/31/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	01/23/2014

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2014
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/19/2013
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	02/03/2014

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	337
Active BPCK forms	418
Active SCD forms	20300
Active SBD forms	10771
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3880
Active RXNORM IN atoms	9584
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	2244
Active RXNORM BN atoms	6729
Active RXNORM DF atoms	105
Obsolete GPCK forms	128
Obsolete BPCK forms	108
Obsolete SCD forms	13880
Obsolete SBD forms	10277
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	9258
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	51
Editor-suppressed SCD forms	1133
Editor-suppressed SBD forms	917
OCD atoms	326889
Source-asserted NDC codes	1279163
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	577022
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	198263
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	198263

Last Reviewed: March 3, 2014