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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)

RxNorm Files

The license agreement required for the RxNorm releases is available from: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/umls.html.

The terms and conditions for using RxNorm data is available on the RxNorm Terms of Service page: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/docs/termsofservice.html.

RxNorm Full Monthly Release
March 4, 2024
RxNorm Weekly Updates
March 2024
RxNorm_full_03042024.zip
MD5 checksum: e4f80f1fbaf399381c8819e4c9a2fe8e

Release Notes 03/04/2024

RxNorm Technical Documentation
Current: RxNorm_weekly_03132024.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 03/09/2024
MD5 checksum: 8bc41902cc9ac2214c70f77ac8baa03f

RxNorm_weekly_03062024.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 03/02/2024
MD5 checksum: f48d36506b1a916030ac7ecdf8bedf67

Current Prescribable Content Monthly Release
March 4, 2024
Current Prescribable Content Weekly Updates
March 2024
RxNorm_full_prescribe_03042024.zip (no license required)
MD5 checksum: 4c8d811e46ed5e28eb76dba61e4e14eb

Release Notes 03/04/2024

Current Prescribable Content Documentation
Current: RxNorm_weekly_prescribe_03132024.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 03/09/2024
MD5 checksum: 09fd26c3b2f0633dd6fc331b793e4a6b

RxNorm_weekly_prescribe_03062024.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 03/02/2024
MD5 checksum: 6ba1c45dd826c4ae78d4dc1765032437

 

RxNorm files are pipe-delimited text files in Rich Release Format (RRF) with the extension ".RRF". They do not require the use of the MetamorphoSys program provided with the UMLS Knowledge Sources Files. The character set of RxNorm release files is Unicode UTF-8. If you need assistance with these files, please e-mail the RxNorm team at: rxnorminfo@nlm.nih.gov . Please read the README file for the release, which is contained in the release zip package. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm Technical Documentation .

For users who wish to automate the download of the RxNorm releases, steps are available here: https://documentation.uts.nlm.nih.gov/automating-downloads.html . The RxNorm files are also available through generic URLs with the word "current" instead of specific dates. See below for examples.

https://download.nlm.nih.gov/umls/kss/rxnorm/RxNorm_full_current.zip
https://download.nlm.nih.gov/umls/kss/rxnorm/RxNorm_weekly_current.zip



RxNorm Previous Releases

RxNorm files from May 2020 to the present contain data consistent with the 2020AA UMLS Metathesaurus

RxNorm_full_02052024.zip , Release Notes 02/05/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_02052024.zip , Release Notes 02/05/2024

RxNorm_full_01022024.zip , Release Notes 01/02/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_01022024.zip , Release Notes 01/02/2024

RxNorm_full_12042023.zip , Release Notes 12/04/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_12042023.zip , Release Notes 12/04/2023

RxNorm_full_11062023.zip , Release Notes 11/06/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_11062023.zip , Release Notes 11/06/2023

RxNorm_full_10022023.zip , Release Notes 10/02/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_10022023.zip , Release Notes 10/02/2023

RxNorm_full_09052023.zip , Release Notes 09/05/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_09052023.zip , Release Notes 09/05/2023

RxNorm_full_08072023.zip , Release Notes 08/07/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_08072023.zip , Release Notes 08/07/2023

RxNorm_full_07032023.zip , Release Notes 07/03/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_07032023.zip , Release Notes 07/03/2023

RxNorm_full_06052023.zip , Release Notes 06/05/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_06052023.zip , Release Notes 06/05/2023

RxNorm_full_05012023.zip , Release Notes 05/01/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_05012023.zip , Release Notes 05/01/2023

RxNorm_full_04032023.zip , Release Notes 04/03/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_04032023.zip , Release Notes 04/03/2023

RxNorm_full_03062023.zip , Release Notes 03/06/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_03062023.zip , Release Notes 03/06/2023

RxNorm_full_02062023.zip , Release Notes 02/06/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_02062023.zip , Release Notes 02/06/2023

RxNorm_full_01032023.zip , Release Notes 01/03/2023
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_01032023.zip , Release Notes 01/03/2023

RxNorm Release Archives for 2005-2022

Last Reviewed: March 13, 2024