Leucovorin calcium 25 mg Oral Tablet
RxNorm 197862
Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping
RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 197862 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: leucovorin calcium 25 mg Oral Tablet.
The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:
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SCDPrescribable
Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
Leucovorin 25 mg Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 12336313)
SYPrescribable
Synonym (SY):
Leucovorin 25 mg (as leucovorin calcium 27.01 mg) Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 3021787)
PSNPrescribable
Prescribable Name (PSN):
Leucovorin calcium 25 mg Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 6369813)
Patient Education
Leucovorin
Leucovorin is used to prevent harmful effects of methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall; cancer chemotherapy medication) when methotrexate is used to treat certain types of cancer. Leucovorin is also used to treat people who have accidentally received an overdose of methotrexate or similar medications. Leucovorin is in a class of medications called folic acid analogs. It works by protecting healthy cells from the effects of methotrexate or similar medications while allowing methotrexate to enter and kill cancer cells.
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