| | 19 | == [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/ RxNorm] |
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| | 21 | * Downloading the RxNorm data requires an account for [https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/home.html Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)]. |
| | 22 | * The [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/docs/index.html technical documentation] contains a few achronyms that it doesn't at first fully explain. Here is a guide: |
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| | 24 | ||= Term =||= Name =||= Description =||= Example =|| |
| | 25 | || TTY ||Term Type||The acronyms listed below|| || |
| | 26 | || IN ||Ingredient||A compound or moiety that gives the drug its distinctive clinical properties. Ingredients generally use the United States Adopted Name (USAN).||Fluoxetine|| |
| | 27 | || PIN ||Precise Ingredient||A specified form of the ingredient that may or may not be clinically active. Most precise ingredients are salt or isomer forms.||Fluoxetine Hydrochloride|| |
| | 28 | || MIN ||Multiple Ingredients||Two or more ingredients appearing together in a single drug preparation, created from SCDF. In rare cases when IN/PIN or PIN/PIN combinations of the same base ingredient exist, created from SCD.||Fluoxetine / Olanzapine|| |
| | 29 | || DF ||Dose Form||See Appendix 2 for a full list of Dose Forms.||Oral Solution|| |
| | 30 | || DFG ||Dose Form Group||See Appendix 3 for a full list of Dose Form Groups.||Oral Liquid|| |
| | 31 | || SCDC ||Semantic Clinical Drug Component||Ingredient + Strength||Fluoxetine 4 MG/ML|| |
| | 32 | || SCDF ||Semantic Clinical Drug Form||Ingredient + Dose Form||Fluoxetine Oral Solution|| |
| | 33 | || SCDG ||Semantic Clinical Dose Form Group||Ingredient + Dose Form Group||Fluoxetine Oral Product|| |
| | 34 | || SCD ||Semantic Clinical Drug Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form||Fluoxetine 4 MG/ML Oral Solution|| |
| | 35 | || BN ||Brand Name||A proprietary name for a family of products containing a specific active ingredient.||Prozac|| |
| | 36 | || SBDC ||Semantic Branded Drug Component||Ingredient + Strength + Brand Name||Fluoxetine 4 MG/ML [Prozac]|| |
| | 37 | || SBDF ||Semantic Branded Drug Form||Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name||Fluoxetine Oral Solution [Prozac]|| |
| | 38 | || SBDG ||Semantic Branded Dose Form Group||Ingredient + Dose Form Group + Brand Name||Prozac Pill|| |
| | 39 | || SBD ||Semantic Branded Drug||Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form + Brand Name||Fluoxetine 4 MG/ML Oral Solution [Prozac]|| |
| | 40 | || SY ||Synonym||Synonym of another TTY, given for clarity.||Prozac 4 MG/ML Oral Solution|| |
| | 41 | || TMSY ||Tall Man Lettering Synonym||Tall Man Lettering synonym of another TTY, given to distinguish between commonly confused drugs.||FLUoxetine 10 MG Oral Capsule [PROzac]|| |
| | 42 | || BPCK ||Brand Name Pack||{# (Ingredient Strength Dose Form) / # (Ingredient Strength Dose Form)} Pack [Brand Name]||{12 (Ethinyl Estradiol 0.035 MG / Norethindrone 0.5 MG Oral Tablet) / 9 (Ethinyl Estradiol 0.035 MG / Norethindrone 1 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (Inert Ingredients 1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Leena 28 Day]|| |
| | 43 | || GPCK ||Generic Pack||{# (Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form) / # (Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form)} Pack||{11 (varenicline 0.5 MG Oral Tablet) / 42 (varenicline 1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack|| |
