November Release - 11/03/2014

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2014AB 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	10/02/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	10/01/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	10/01/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	09/29/2014
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	09/08/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	10/28/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	10/08/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	11/03/2014
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	11/03/2014
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	11/03/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	09/18/2014

 

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	07/31/2014

 

Data Changes

This release does not include any significant data changes.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	366
Active BPCKs	458
Active SCDs	19855
Active SBDs	10900
Active RXNORM MINs	3907
Active RXNORM INs	10231
Active RXNORM PINs	2362
Active RXNORM BNs	6771
Active RXNORM DFs	103
Obsolete GPCKs	122
Obsolete BPCKs	109
Obsolete SCDs	14593
Obsolete SBDs	10433
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9515
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	57
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1092
Editor-suppressed SBDs	956
OCD atoms	331430
Source-asserted NDCs	1322841
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	598193
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	198527
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	198527

Last Reviewed: January 5, 2015