Ganciclovir Ophthalmic Gel [Zirgan]
RxNorm 864649

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 864649 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: ganciclovir Ophthalmic Gel [Zirgan].

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

SBDF
Ganciclovir Ophthalmic Gel [Zirgan]
AUI:12314644
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SBDFPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Ganciclovir Ophthalmic Gel [Zirgan]
(Atom ID: 12314644)

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
ganciclovir Ophthalmic Gel [Zirgan]
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)
864649
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12314644
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
864649
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

Ganciclovir Ophthalmic


Ganciclovir ophthalmic is used to treat herpetic keratitis (dendritic ulcers; eye ulcers caused by a herpes simplex virus infection). Ganciclovir is in a class of medications called antivirals. It works by stopping the spread of the herpes virus in the eye.
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