Piperonyl butoxide / pyrethrins Medicated Shampoo [Stop Lice Maximum Strength]
RxNorm 646835

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 646835 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: piperonyl butoxide / pyrethrins Medicated Shampoo [Stop Lice Maximum Strength].

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

SBDF
Piperonyl butoxide / pyrethrins Medicated Shampoo [Stop Lice Maximum Strength]
AUI:12313783
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SBDF

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Piperonyl butoxide / pyrethrins Medicated Shampoo [Stop Lice Maximum Strength]
(Atom ID: 12313783)

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
piperonyl butoxide / pyrethrins Medicated Shampoo [Stop Lice Maximum Strength]
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)
646835
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12313783
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
646835
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
07/29/2025
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete

Patient Education

Pyrethrin and Piperonyl Butoxide Topical


Pyrethrin and piperonyl butoxide shampoo is used to treat lice (small insects that attach themselves to the skin on the head, body, or pubic area ['crabs']) in adults and children 2 years of age and older. Pyrethrin and piperonyl butoxide is in a class of medications called pediculicides. It works by killing lice.
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