RXNAV

RXNAV

Default Path Changes - February 2026

RxNav, the "default paths" table, and API function getRelatedByType have been adjusted to show only clinically relevant links to and from precise-formulation term types SCDFP, SCDGP, and SBDFP.

Specifically, these changes ensure that:

  • The precise formulations related to a concept do not conflict with any definitional feature of that concept. In particular, the precise formulations related to a concept defined at least in part by a precise ingredient have the same precise ingredient as that concept.
    For example: BPCK "{31 (doxycycline monohydrate 100 MG Oral Tablet [Adoxa]) } Pack [Adoxa Pak 1/100]" is not related to SCDGP "doxycycline anhydrous Pill".
  • The precise formulations related to a concept have at least one related product in common with that concept.
    For example: BN "Tigan", which at the time of this writing corresponds to only one product, "Tigan 200 MG in 2 ML Injection", is not related to SCDFP "trimethobenzamide hydrochloride Injectable Solution".

In most cases, the corrections were achieved by means of a different sequence of RxNorm relationships. For example, the BPCK => SCDGP path (in the first example above) has been re-routed from "BPCK => GPCK => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP" to "BPCK => GPCK => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP" to avoid broadening the precise ingredients.

A few cases required linking not just two, but three immediate neighbors of a concept. Written serially, as paths rather than miniature graphs, these paths must revisit at least one concept. For example, the SCDGP => DFG path has been re-routed from "SCDGP => SCDG => DFG" to "[DFG => SCDG =>] SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDG => DFG", i.e., linking one SCDG to three concepts, the SCDGP, the DFG, and the SCD. The main part of the path, SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDG => DFG, ensures that the two terminal concepts, SCDGP and DFG, have a common related product (the SCD), but it does not ensure that they have the same dose-form group: that guarantee was lost with the hop from SCDGP to SCDFP. The filter part of the path, [DFG => SCDG =>] SCDGP…, requires that the SCDG and SCDGP be directly related. To facilitate straightforward, start-to-finish traversal, the path can alternatively be stated with an interior detour instead of a filter: SCDGP => SCDG => DFG => SCDG => SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDG => DFG.

The table below lists the path changes. In cases that require linking a concept to more than two immediate neighbors, the rationale of the New Path is clarified by setting the filter off from the main part of the path by square brackets. (The complete Default Paths table in the RxNav Overview lists all paths in the start-to-finish traversal format.)

Start to End Old Path New Path
BN => SBDFP BN => SBDF => SBDFP BN => SBD => SBDFP
BN => SCDFP BN => SBDF => SCDF => SCDFP BN => SBD => SCD => SCDFP
BN => SCDGP BN => SBDG => SCDGP BN => SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
BPCK => SCDGP BPCK => GPCK => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP BPCK => GPCK => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
GPCK => SCDGP GPCK => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP GPCK => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
IN => SBDFP IN => BN => SBDF => SBDFP IN => SCDC => SBD => SBDFP
IN => SCDFP IN => SCDFP IN => SCDC => SCD => SCDFP
IN => SCDGP IN => SCDFP => SCDGP IN => SCDC => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
MIN => SCDGP MIN => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP MIN => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
PIN => SCDFP PIN => SCDFP PIN => SCDC => SCD => SCDFP
PIN => SCDGP PIN => SCDC => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP PIN => SCDC => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SBD => SCDGP SBD => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SBDC => SCDGP SBDC => SBD => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP SBDC => SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SBDF => SBDFP SBDF => SBDFP SBDF => SBD => SBDFP
SBDF => SCDFP SBDF => SCDF => SCDFP SBDF => SBD => SCD => SCDFP
SBDF => SCDGP SBDF => SBDG => SCDGP SBDF => SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SBDFP => BN SBDFP => SBDF => BN SBDFP => SBD => BN
SBDFP => DF SBDFP => SBDF => DF SBDFP => SBD => DF
SBDFP => DFG SBDFP => SBDF => SBDG => DFG SBDFP => SBD => SBDG => DFG
SBDFP => IN SBDFP => SBDF => BN => IN SBDFP => SBD => SCDC => IN
SBDFP => SBDF SBDFP => SBDF SBDFP => SBD => SBDF
SBDFP => SBDG SBDFP => SBDF => SBDG SBDFP => SBD => SBDG
SBDFP => SCDF SBDFP => SBDF => SCDF SBDFP => SBD => SCD => SCDF
SBDFP => SCDFP SBDFP => SCDFP SBDFP => SBD => SCD => SCDFP
SBDFP => SCDGP SBDFP => SBDF => SBDG => SCDGP SBDFP => SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SBDG => SBDFP SBDG => SBDF => SBDFP SBDG => SBD => SBDFP
SBDG => SCDGP SBDG => SCDGP SBDG => SBD => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP [=> SCDG => SBDG]
SCD => SCDGP SCD => SCDG => SCDGP SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SCDC => SCDGP SCDC => SCD => SCDG => SCDGP SCDC => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SCDF => SBDFP SCDF => SBDF => SBDFP SCDF => SCD => SBD => SBDFP
SCDF => SCDFP SCDF => SCDFP SCDF => SCD => SCDFP
SCDF => SCDGP SCDF => SCDG => SCDGP SCDF => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SCDFP => BN SCDFP => SCDF => SBDF => BN SCDFP => SCD => SBD => BN
SCDFP => DF SCDFP => SCDF => DF SCDFP => SCD => DF
SCDFP => DFG SCDFP => SCDGP => SCDG => DFG SCDFP => SCD => SCDG => DFG
SCDFP => IN SCDFP => IN SCDFP => SCD => SCDC => IN
SCDFP => PIN SCDFP => PIN SCDFP => SCD => SCDC => PIN
SCDFP => SBDF SCDFP => SCDF => SBDF SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDF
SCDFP => SBDFP SCDFP => SBDFP SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDFP
SCDFP => SCDF SCDFP => SCDF SCDFP => SCD => SCDF
SCDFP => SCDG SCDFP => SCDGP => SCDG SCDFP => SCD => SCDG
SCDFP => SCDGP SCDFP => SCDGP SCDFP => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SCDG => SCDFP SCDG => SCDGP => SCDFP SCDG => SCD => SCDFP
SCDG => SCDGP SCDG => SCDGP SCDG => SCD => SCDFP => SCDGP
SCDGP => BN SCDGP => SBDG => BN SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD => BN
SCDGP => BPCK SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => GPCK => BPCK SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => GPCK => BPCK
SCDGP => DF SCDGP => SCDFP => SCDF => DF SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => DF
SCDGP => DFG SCDGP => SCDG => DFG SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDG => DFG
SCDGP => GPCK SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => GPCK SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => GPCK
SCDGP => IN SCDGP => SCDFP => IN SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDC => IN
SCDGP => MIN SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => MIN SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => MIN
SCDGP => PIN SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => SCDC => PIN SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDC => PIN
SCDGP => SBD SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => SBD SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD
SCDGP => SBDC SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => SBD => SBDC SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDC
SCDGP => SBDF SCDGP => SBDG => SBDF SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDF
SCDGP => SBDFP SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => SBD => SBDFP SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDFP
SCDGP => SBDG SCDGP => SBDG SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SBD => SBDG [=> SCDGP]
SCDGP => SCD SCDGP => SCDG => SCD SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD
SCDGP => SCDC SCDGP => SCDG => SCD => SCDC SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDC
SCDGP => SCDF SCDGP => SCDG => SCDF SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDF
SCDGP => SCDFP SCDGP => SCDFP SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDFP
SCDGP => SCDG SCDGP => SCDG SCDGP => SCDFP => SCD => SCDG [=> SCDGP]