Ciprofloxacin / dexamethasone Otic Suspension
RxNorm 405942

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 405942 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: ciprofloxacin / dexamethasone Otic Suspension.

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

SCDF
Ciprofloxacin / dexamethasone Otic Suspension
AUI:12261071
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TMSY
Ciprofloxacin / dexAMETHasone Otic Suspension
AUI:12814435
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SCDFPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Form (SCDF):
Ciprofloxacin / dexamethasone Otic Suspension
(Atom ID: 12261071)

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
ciprofloxacin / dexamethasone Otic Suspension
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)
405942
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12261071
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDF
Semantic Clinical Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form)
Source Code
405942
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/
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TMSYPrescribable

Tall Man Lettering Synonym (TMSY):
Ciprofloxacin / dexAMETHasone Otic Suspension
(Atom ID: 12814435)

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
ciprofloxacin / dexAMETHasone Otic Suspension
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)
405942
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12814435
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
TMSY
Tall Man Lettering Synonym (Tall Man Lettering synonym of another TTY, given to distinguish between commonly confused drugs.)
Source Code
405942
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

Ciprofloxacin and Dexamethasone Otic


Ciprofloxacin and dexamethasone otic is used to treat outer ear infections in adults and children and acute (suddenly occurring) middle ear infections in children with ear tubes. Ciprofloxacin is in a class of medications called quinolone antibiotics. Dexamethasone is in a class of medications called corticosteroids. The combination of ciprofloxacin and dexamethasone works by killing the bacteria that cause infection and reducing swelling in the ear.
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