Narcan
RxNorm 197117

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 197117 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: Narcan.

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

BN
Narcan
AUI:1091780
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BNPrescribable

Brand Name (BN):
Narcan
(Atom ID: 1091780)

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
Narcan
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)
197117
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
1091780
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
BN
Brand Name (A proprietary name for a family of products containing a specific active ingredient.)
Source Code
197117
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 ACTIVATED
12/29/2015
Date the RxNorm atom was reactivated
RXN BN CARDINALITY
single
Cardinality of RxNorm Brand Name Atom
RXN OBSOLETED
05/01/2013
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete

Patient Education

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