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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)

RxNorm Release Notes

April Release - 04/01/2024

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 with version names in bold have been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name Source Abbreviation (SAB) Version
DrugBank DRUGBANK DRUGBANK5.0_2024_03_07
Gold Standard Drug Database GS GS_2024_03_08
Multum MediSource Lexicon MMSL MMSL_2024_03_01
Micromedex RED BOOK MMX MMX_2024_03_08
FDA Structured Product Labels MTHSPL MTHSPL_2024_03_23
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus) NDDF NDDF_2024_03_06
RxNorm normalized names and codes RXNORM RXNORM_20AA_240401F
USP Compendial Nomenclature USP USP_2024_03_06
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File VANDF VANDF_2024_02_29

The following sources have not been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name Source Abbreviation (SAB) Version
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System ATC ATC_2024_01_19
Vaccines Administered CVX CVX_2024_02_15
CMS Formulary Reference File MTHCMSFRF MTHCMSFRF_2020
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information) SNOMEDCT_US SNOMEDCT_US_2024_01_01

*Reminder: As of October 2017, Medi-Span data will not be included in the RxNorm or UMLS releases. If you have questions about Medi-Span, please contact: medispan-support@wolterskluwer.com.


RxNorm Data Changes

Changes to clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel

Clindamycin 1% gel has been split into Once-Daily and Twice-Daily forms based on requests from multiple users.

New forms:

RXCUITTYSTR
309332SCDOnce-Daily clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel
351330SBDOnce-Daily clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Clindagel]
2676585SCDTwice-Daily clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel
404032SBDTwice-Daily clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Clindamax]
804978SBDTwice-Daily clindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Cleocin-T]

Old forms:

RXCUITTYSTR
309332SCDclindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel
351330SBDclindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Clindagel]
404032SBDclindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Clindamax]
804978SBDclindamycin 0.01 MG/MG Topical Gel [Cleocin-T]


Data Counts

Term Type or AttributeNumber
Active GPCKs586
Active BPCKs692
Active SCDs17230
Active SBDs9574
Active RXNORM MINs3795
Active RXNORM INs14328
Active RXNORM PINs3459
Active RXNORM BNs5100
Active RXNORM DFs122
  
Obsolete GPCKs247
Obsolete BPCKs230
Obsolete SCDs19436
Obsolete SBDs11611
Obsolete RXNORM MINs0
Obsolete RXNORM INs0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs6385
Obsolete RXNORM DFs64
Editor-suppressed SCDs2034
Editor-suppressed SBDs1694
SAB=RXNORM NDCs240786
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs240786

Last Reviewed: April 1, 2024