Orlistat Oral Capsule
RxNorm 373151

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 373151 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: orlistat Oral Capsule.

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

SCDF
Orlistat Oral Capsule
AUI:1939120
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SCDFPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Form (SCDF):
Orlistat Oral Capsule
(Atom ID: 1939120)

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
orlistat Oral Capsule
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)
373151
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
1939120
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDF
Semantic Clinical Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form)
Source Code
373151
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.

Patient Education

Orlistat


Orlistat (prescription and nonprescription) is used with an individualized low-calorie, low-fat diet and exercise program to help people lose weight. Prescription orlistat is used in overweight people who may also have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or heart disease. Orlistat is also used after weight-loss to help people keep from gaining back that weight. Orlistat is in a class of medications called lipase inhibitors. It works by preventing some of the fat in foods eaten from being absorbed in the intestines. This unabsorbed fat is then removed from the body in the stool.
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