Description

This resource gets the RxTerms information for the RxNorm drug product specified by rxcui.

RxTerms includes concepts of term types SCD, SBD, BPCK, and GPCK.

Parameters

Note that HTTP requires that query parameters be "URL encoded". For full information on URL encoding, please refer to IETF RFC 3986, "Uniform Resource Identifier".

Output structure

Results are available as either XML or JSON.

• The XML result has the root element rxtermsdata. It is described in the XML Schema for the RxTerms API; the relevant element structure is summarized below. Elements that would be empty might be left out.

• The JSON result is an object {...}, analogous to the content of the XML rxtermsdata. Fields that might occur multiple times in the XML are expressed as an array. Fields that would be empty might be null or left out. Numbers are expressed as strings.

Both XML and JSON results follow the same outline:

rxtermsdata

Root element in XML, or anonymous object in JSON

rxtermsProperties

Properties of an RxTerms concept

brandName

RxTerms BRAND_NAME field

displayName

RxTerms DISPLAY_NAME field

synonym

RxTerms DISPLAY_NAME_SYNONYM field

fullName

RxTerms FULL_NAME field

fullGenericName

RxTerms FULL_GENERIC_NAME field

strength

RxTerms STRENGTH field

rxtermsDoseForm

RxTerms NEW_DOSE_FORM field

route

RxTerms ROUTE field

termType

RxTerms TTY field

rxcui

RxNorm identifier

genericRxcui

RxTerms GENERIC_RXCUI field

rxnormDoseForm

RxTerms RXN_DOSE_FORM field

suppress

RxTerms SUPPRESS_FOR field

Example: Concept information

XML: https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/REST/RxTerms/rxcui/198440/allinfo

JSON: https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/REST/RxTerms/rxcui/198440/allinfo.json

An XML result is shown below.

<rxtermsdata>
    <rxtermsProperties>
        <brandName/>
        <displayName>Acetaminophen (Oral Pill)</displayName>
        <synonym>APAP</synonym>
        <fullName>acetaminophen 500 MG Oral Tablet</fullName>
        <fullGenericName>acetaminophen 500 MG Oral Tablet</fullGenericName>
        <strength>500 mg</strength>
        <rxtermsDoseForm>Tab</rxtermsDoseForm>
        <route>Oral Pill</route>
        <termType>SCD</termType>
        <rxcui>198440</rxcui>
        <genericRxcui/>
        <rxnormDoseForm>Oral Tablet</rxnormDoseForm>
        <suppress/>
    </rxtermsProperties>
</rxtermsdata>