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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)

RxNorm Files

The license agreement required for the RxNorm releases is available from: https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/license.html. These RxNorm release files contain data consistent with the 2012AA UMLS Metathesaurus Release Files.

RxNorm Full Monthly Release
October 1, 2012
RxNorm Weekly Updates
October 2012
RxNorm_full_10012012.zip

Release Notes 10/01/2012

RxNorm Technical Documentation
The first weekly update will be released on 10/03/2012.
Current Prescribable Content Monthly Release
October 1, 2012
Current Prescribable Content Weekly Updates
October 2012
RxNorm_full_prescribe_10012012.zip (no license required)

Release Notes 10/01/2012

Current Prescribable Content Documentation
The first weekly update will be released on 10/03/2012.

 

These files are in Rich Release Format (RRF) and do not require the use of the MetamorphoSys program provided with the UMLS Knowledge Sources Files. The character set of RxNorm release files is Unicode UTF-8. If you need assistance with these files, please e-mail the RxNorm team at: rxnorminfo@nlm.nih.gov. Please read the README file for the release, which is contained in the release zip package. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm Documentation.



RxNorm Previous Releases

RxNorm Files Consistent with 2012AA UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_09042012.zip, Release Notes 09/04/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_09042012.zip, Release Notes 09/04/2012

RxNorm_full_08062012.zip, Release Notes 08/06/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_08062012.zip, Release Notes 08/06/2012

RxNorm_full_07022012.zip, Release Notes 07/02/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_07022012.zip, Release Notes 07/02/2012

RxNorm_full_06042012.zip, Release Notes 06/04/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_06042012.zip, Release Notes 06/04/2012

RxNorm_full_05072012.zip, Release Notes 05/07/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_05072012.zip, Release Notes 05/07/2012

RxNorm Files Consistent with 2011AB UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_04022012.zip, Release Notes 04/02/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_04022012.zip, Release Notes 04/02/2012

RxNorm_full_03052012.zip, Release Notes 03/05/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_03052012.zip, Release Notes 03/05/2012

RxNorm_full_02062012.zip, Release Notes 02/06/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_02062012.zip, Release Notes 02/06/2012

RxNorm_full_01032012.zip, Release Notes 01/03/2012
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_01032012.zip, Release Notes 01/03/2012

RxNorm_full_12052011.zip, Release Notes 12/05/2011
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_12052011.zip, Release Notes 12/05/2011

RxNorm Files Consistent with 2011AA UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_11072011.zip, Release Notes 11/07/2011
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_11072011.zip, Release Notes 11/07/2011

RxNorm_full_10032011.zip, Release Notes 10/03/2011
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_10032011.zip, Release Notes 10/03/2011

RxNorm_full_09062011.zip, Release Notes 09/06/2011
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_09062011.zip, Release Notes 09/06/2011

RxNorm_full_08012011.zip, Release Notes 08/01/2011
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_08012011.zip, Release Notes 08/01/2011

RxNorm_full_07052011.zip, Release Notes 07/05/2011
       RxNorm_prescribe_07052011.zip, Release Notes 07/05/2011

RxNorm_full_06062011.zip, Release Notes 06/06/2011
       RxNorm_prescribe_06062011.zip, Release Notes 06/06/2011

RxNorm Files Consistent with 2010AB UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_05022011.zip, Release Notes 05/02/2011
RxNorm_full_04042011.zip, Release Notes 04/04/2011
RxNorm_full_03072011.zip, Release Notes 03/07/2011
RxNorm_full_02072011.zip, Release Notes 02/07/2011
RxNorm_full_01032011.zip, Release Notes 01/03/2011
RxNorm_full_12062010.zip, Release Notes 12/06/2010
RxNorm_full_11012010.zip, Release Notes 11/01/2010

RxNorm Files Consistent with 2010AA UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_10042010.zip, Release Notes 10/04/2010
RxNorm_full_09072010.zip, Release Notes 09/07/2010
RxNorm_full_08022010.zip, Release Notes 08/02/2010
RxNorm_full_07062010.zip, Release Notes 07/06/2010
RxNorm_full_06072010.zip, Release Notes 06/07/2010
RxNorm_full_05032010.zip, Release Notes 05/03/2010

 

RxNorm Release Archives for 2005-2009