October Release - 10/06/2014

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	09/11/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	09/03/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	09/01/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	09/08/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	09/25/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	09/17/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	10/06/2014
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	10/06/2014
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	10/06/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	08/29/2014

 

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	02/10/2014
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	07/31/2014

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	367
Active BPCKs	455
Active SCDs	19795
Active SBDs	10855
Active RXNORM MINs	3898
Active RXNORM INs	10183
Active RXNORM PINs	2356
Active RXNORM BNs	6743
Active RXNORM DFs	103
Obsolete GPCKs	120
Obsolete BPCKs	108
Obsolete SCDs	14637
Obsolete SBDs	10434
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9510
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	57
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1080
Editor-suppressed SBDs	945
OCD atoms	331028
Source-asserted NDCs	1317298
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	594882
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	196624
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	196624

Last Reviewed: October 6, 2014