Brimonidine tartrate 1.5 mg/ML [Alphagan]
RxNorm 861209

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 861209 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: brimonidine tartrate 1.5 mg/ML [Alphagan].

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

SBDC
Brimonidine tartrate 1.5 mg/ML [Alphagan]
AUI:12301027
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SBDCPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Component (SBDC):
Brimonidine tartrate 1.5 mg/ML [Alphagan]
(Atom ID: 12301027)

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
brimonidine tartrate 1.5 MG/ML [Alphagan]
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)
861209
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12301027
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDC
Semantic Branded Drug Component (Ingredient + Strength + Brand Name)
Source Code
861209
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

Brimonidine Ophthalmic


Ophthalmic brimonidine is used to lower pressure in the eyes in patients who have glaucoma (high pressure in the eyes that may damage nerves and cause vision loss) and ocular hypertension (pressure in the eyes that is higher than normal but not high enough to cause vision loss). Brimonidine is in a class of drugs called alpha adrenergic agonists. Brimonidine works by decreasing the amount of fluid in the eyes.
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