Mesalamine Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Asacol]
RxNorm 369848

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 369848 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: mesalamine Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Asacol].

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

SBDF
Mesalamine Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Asacol]
AUI:6337458
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SBDF

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Mesalamine Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Asacol]
(Atom ID: 6337458)

Clinical Status & Identity

Prescribable Status
NO (Reference)
Part of the RxNorm Current Prescribable Content subset including all drugs available for prescription in the USA.
Concept Description
mesalamine Delayed Release Oral Tablet [Asacol]
Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.
Suppress Flag
O
N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)
369848
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
6337458
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
369848
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 OBSOLETED
04/28/2026
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete

Patient Education

Mesalamine


Mesalamine is used to treat ulcerative colitis (a condition which causes swelling and sores in the lining of the colon [large intestine] and rectum) and also to maintain improvement of ulcerative colitis symptoms. Mesalamine is in a class of medications called anti-inflammatory agents. It works by stopping the body from producing a certain substance that may cause inflammation.
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