Nepafenac Ophthalmic Suspension
RxNorm 578043

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 578043 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: nepafenac Ophthalmic Suspension.

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

SCDF
Nepafenac Ophthalmic Suspension
AUI:2304787
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SCDFPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Form (SCDF):
Nepafenac Ophthalmic Suspension
(Atom ID: 2304787)

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
nepafenac Ophthalmic 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)
578043
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
2304787
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDF
Semantic Clinical Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form)
Source Code
578043
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

Nepafenac Ophthalmic


Ophthalmic nepafenac is used to treat eye pain, redness, and swelling in patients who are recovering from cataract surgery (procedure to treat clouding of the lens in the eye). Nepafenac is in a class of medications called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It works by stopping the production of certain natural substances that cause pain and swelling.
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