Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 5 mg
RxNorm 905282

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 905282 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: trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 5 mg.

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

SCDC
Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 5 mg
AUI:12282959
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SCDCPrescribable

Semantic Clinical Drug Component (SCDC):
Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 5 mg
(Atom ID: 12282959)

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
trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 5 MG
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)
905282
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12282959
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCDC
Semantic Clinical Drug Component (Ingredient + Strength)
Source Code
905282
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 BOSS STRENGTH DENOM UNIT
1
RXN Boss Strength Denom Unit
RXN BOSS STRENGTH DENOM VALUE
1
RXN Boss Strength Denom Value
RXN BOSS STRENGTH NUM UNIT
MG
RXN Boss Strength Num Unit
RXN BOSS STRENGTH NUM VALUE
5
RXN Boss Strength Num Value
RXN IN EXPRESSED FLAG
P
Strength Expressed As Precise Flag
RXN STRENGTH
5 MG
Strength plus unit of SCDC

Patient Education

Trihexyphenidyl


Trihexyphenidyl is used along with other medications to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD; a disorder of the nervous system that causes difficulties with movement, muscle control, and balance) and to control extrapyramidal symptoms (tremor, slurred speech) caused by certain medications. Trihexyphenidyl is in a class of medications called antimuscarinics. It works by relaxing muscles and nerve impulses that control the function of muscles.
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