Artemether 20 mg / lumefantrine 120 mg [Coartem]
RxNorm 847732

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 847732 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: artemether 20 mg / lumefantrine 120 mg [Coartem].

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

SBDC
Artemether 20 mg / lumefantrine 120 mg [Coartem]
AUI:2966909
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SBDCPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Component (SBDC):
Artemether 20 mg / lumefantrine 120 mg [Coartem]
(Atom ID: 2966909)

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
artemether 20 MG / lumefantrine 120 MG [Coartem]
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)
847732
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
2966909
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDC
Semantic Branded Drug Component (Ingredient + Strength + Brand Name)
Source Code
847732
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

Artemether and Lumefantrine


The combination of artemether and lumefantrine is used to treat certain kinds of malaria infections (a serious infection that is spread by mosquitoes in certain parts of the world and can cause death). Artemether and lumefantrine should not be used to prevent malaria. Artemether and lumefantrine is in a class of medications called antimalarials. It works by killing the organisms that cause malaria.
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