Salmon calcitonin Nasal Spray [Fortical]
RxNorm 688595

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 688595 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: salmon calcitonin Nasal Spray [Fortical].

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

SBDF
Salmon calcitonin Nasal Spray [Fortical]
AUI:2625245
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SBDF

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Salmon calcitonin Nasal Spray [Fortical]
(Atom ID: 2625245)

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
salmon calcitonin Nasal Spray [Fortical]
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)
688595
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
2625245
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
688595
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
06/25/2024
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete

Patient Education

Calcitonin Salmon Nasal Spray


Calcitonin salmon is used to treat osteoporosis in women who are at least 5 years past menopause and cannot or do not want to take estrogen products. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to weaken and break more easily. Calcitonin is a human hormone that is also found in salmon. It works by preventing bone breakdown and increasing bone density (thickness).
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