January Release - 01/05/2015

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	12/03/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	12/03/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	12/01/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	12/01/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	12/22/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	12/03/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	01/05/2015
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	01/05/2015
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	01/05/2015
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	11/26/2014

 

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	09/08/2014
CMS Formulary Reference File	MTHCMSFRF	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 changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	366
Active BPCKs	459
Active SCDs	19939
Active SBDs	10967
Active RXNORM MINs	3922
Active RXNORM INs	10327
Active RXNORM PINs	2380
Active RXNORM BNs	6803
Active RXNORM DFs	103
Obsolete GPCKs	125
Obsolete BPCKs	113
Obsolete SCDs	14591
Obsolete SBDs	10460
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9529
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	57
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1127
Editor-suppressed SBDs	983
OCD atoms	333132
Source-asserted NDCs	1332345
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	602815
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	200940
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	200940

Last Reviewed: January 5, 2015