Methsuximide 300 mg
RxNorm 316279

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 316279 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: methsuximide 300 mg.

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

SCDC
Methsuximide 300 mg
AUI:1478682
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SCDCPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Component (SCDC):
Methsuximide 300 mg
(Atom ID: 1478682)

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
methsuximide 300 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)
316279
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
1478682
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDC
Semantic Clinical Drug Component (Ingredient + Strength)
Source Code
316279
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
300
RXN Boss Strength Num Value
RXN STRENGTH
300 MG
Strength plus unit of SCDC

Patient Education

Methsuximide


Methsuximide is used to control absence seizures (petit mal; a type of seizure in which there is a very short loss of awareness during which the person may stare straight ahead or blink his eyes and does not respond to others) that cannot be treated with other medications. Methsuximide is in a class of medications called anticonvulsants. It works by decreasing abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
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