RxNorm provides normalized names for clinical drugs and links its names to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction software, including those of First Databank, Micromedex, and Gold Standard Drug Database. By providing links between these vocabularies, RxNorm can mediate messages between systems not using the same software and vocabulary.
- Prefix
rxnorm- Alternative Prefixes
- RXCUI
- Keywords
- biomedical science drug drug name ontology preclinical studies
- License
- https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/assets/LicenseAgreement.pdf
- Links
- Homepage
- Publications
- 2011 Normalized names for clinical drugs: RxNorm at 6 years
- 2008 RxTerms - a drug interface terminology derived from RxNorm
- 2005 RxNorm: prescription for electronic drug information exchange
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
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Local identifiers in RxNorm should match this regular expression:
^[0-9]{1,7}$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- 221058 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from RxNorm should match this regular expression:
^rxnorm:[0-9]{1,7}$ - Example CURIE
- rxnorm:221058
Contacts
- Contact
- RxNorm Customer Service
- Contributors
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submitter
Charles Tapley Hoyt
0000-0003-4423-4370
cthoyt
Ontology
A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.
- In Collection (2)
- FHIR External Terminologies Synapse.org external links
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 7 mappings to external registries with 5 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
RXNORM
|
|
| BioContext | biocontext |
RXCUI
|
|
Biolink
|
biolink |
RXNORM
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
RXNORM
|
|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.36pf8q
|
|
HL7
|
hl7 |
2.16.840.1.113883.6.88
|
|
Wikidata
|
wikidata |
P3345
|
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier 221058 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for RxNorm. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URI |
|---|---|---|
| RxNorm | rxnorm |
https://mor.nlm.nih.gov/RxNav/search?searchBy=RXCUI&searchTerm=221058 |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/rxnorm:221058 |
Extra Providers
Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URL |
|---|---|---|
| BioPortal | bp |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/RXNORM/221058 |