May Release - 05/05/2014

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2014AA 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	04/04/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	04/09/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	04/01/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	04/07/2014
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	02/10/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	04/28/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	04/09/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	05/05/2014
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	05/05/2014
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	05/05/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	03/19/2014

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2014
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	01/31/2014

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	347
Active BPCKs	427
Active SCDs	19679
Active SBDs	10873
Active RXNORM MINs	3887
Active RXNORM INs	9721
Active RXNORM PINs	2258
Active RXNORM BNs	6788
Active RXNORM DFs	103
Obsolete GPCKs	127
Obsolete BPCKs	111
Obsolete SCDs	14545
Obsolete SBDs	10315
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9282
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	51
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1067
Editor-suppressed SBDs	923
OCD atoms	328230
Source-asserted NDCs	1288935
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	581778
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	199946
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	199946

Last Reviewed: May 5, 2014