Mesalamine Extended Release Oral Tablet
RxNorm 372788

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 372788 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 Extended Release Oral Tablet.

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

SCDF
Mesalamine Extended Release Oral Tablet
AUI:6348306
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SCDF

Semantic Clinical Drug Form (SCDF):
Mesalamine Extended Release Oral Tablet
(Atom ID: 6348306)

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 Extended Release Oral Tablet
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)
372788
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
6348306
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDF
Semantic Clinical Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form)
Source Code
372788
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
12/31/2018
Date the RxNorm atom was reactivated
RXN OBSOLETED
02/27/2024
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete
RXN OBSOLETED
08/29/2018
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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