Indomethacin 1 mg
RxNorm 1863326

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 1863326 represents a standardized clinical drug concept used for cross-system interoperability. This concept aggregates multiple Atom IDs (AUIs), which are specific naming variations and synonyms used across pharmaceutical databases to ensure accurate medication mapping for: indomethacin 1 mg.

The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:

SCDC
Indomethacin 1 mg
AUI:12284893
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SCDCPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Component (SCDC):
Indomethacin 1 mg
(Atom ID: 12284893)

Clinical Status & Identity

Prescribable Status
YES (Active)
Part of the RxNorm Current Prescribable Content subset including all drugs available for prescription in the USA.
Concept Description
indomethacin 1 MG
Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.
Suppress Flag
N
N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)
1863326
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12284893
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDC
Semantic Clinical Drug Component (Ingredient + Strength)
Source Code
1863326
The "Most useful" identifier asserted by the original source vocabulary.

Source & Registry Data

Source Name
RxNorm Vocabulary (RXNORM)
The official name and abbreviation for the vocabulary source.
Source Version
20AA_260601F
The specific version of the vocabulary provided by the source.
Update Date
June 01, 2026
The date when this RxNorm data was last updated by the NLM.
License Contact
RxNorm Customer Service, , U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, , Bethesda, MD, United States, 20894, (888) FIND-NLM, , https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/
Source licensing contact information.

Technical Attributes & Logic

RXN BOSS STRENGTH DENOM UNIT
1
RXN Boss Strength Denom Unit
RXN BOSS STRENGTH DENOM VALUE
1
RXN Boss Strength Denom Value
RXN BOSS STRENGTH NUM UNIT
MG
RXN Boss Strength Num Unit
RXN BOSS STRENGTH NUM VALUE
1
RXN Boss Strength Num Value
RXN STRENGTH
1 MG
Strength plus unit of SCDC

Patient Education

Indomethacin Rectal


Indomethacin is used to relieve moderate to severe pain, tenderness, swelling, and stiffness caused by osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by a breakdown of the lining of the joints), rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis caused by swelling of the lining of the joints), and ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis that mainly affects the spine). Indomethacin is also used to treat pain in the shoulder caused by bursitis (swelling of a fluid-filled sac in the shoulder joint) and tendinitis (swelling of the tissue that connects muscle to bone). Indomethacin suppositories are also used to treat acute gouty arthritis (attacks of severe joint pain and swelling caused by a build-up of certain substances in the joints). It is used to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Indomethacin is in a class of medications called NSAIDs. It works by stopping the body's production of a substance that causes pain, fever, and swelling.
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