Medical & clinical

RxNorm (NLM drug vocabulary)

Normalised US drug names: ingredients, brands, clinical drugs with strength and form, and NDC codes.

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About RxNorm (NLM drug vocabulary)

Resolve any drug name, brand or misspelling to its RxCUI, then see its ingredients, brands, dose forms and every clinical and branded product, whether it is still active, and the NDC package codes. The identifier that links DailyMed, openFDA and most US health data.

Questions you can ask RxNorm

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once RxNorm is connected.

“Map these drug names from my survey data to RxCUIs: Advil, paracetamol, metformin 500 mg.”

What comes back: RxCUIs with matched names and term types, so free-text entries become standard identifiers.

“Which brands and dose forms exist for atorvastatin in RxNorm?”

What comes back: Related concepts grouped by ingredient, brand, dose form and clinical product, with active status.

RxNorm MCP tools

The 3 tools the RxNorm server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • rxnorm_find_drug

    Find RxNorm concepts for a drug name (brand, generic, strength, misspellings tolerated).

  • rxnorm_get_concept

    One RxCUI: name, term type, status history (active, obsolete, remapped), and related concepts grouped by type: ingredients, brands, dose forms, clinical and branded drugs (produ...

  • rxnorm_ndc

    Look up an NDC package code (10 or 11 digits, with or without hyphens): active or obsolete, the RxNorm concept it maps to, and its history.

Using RxNorm in Kahubi

  • Hosted by Kahubi. Kahubi runs this server itself so it stays reliable enough for research use.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to RxNorm.

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