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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
January 6, 2025
RxNorm Weekly Updates
January 2025
RxNorm_full_01062025.zip
MD5 checksum: a111f93f9756f6b92198d3e6278b8a68

Release Notes 01/06/2025

RxNorm Technical Documentation
Current: RxNorm_weekly_01082025.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 01/04/2025
MD5 checksum: ebd8acb68257978095edb26ea019ce4e

Current Prescribable Content Monthly Release
January 6, 2025
Current Prescribable Content Weekly Updates
January 2025
RxNorm_full_prescribe_01062025.zip (no license required)
MD5 checksum: b235510d20fed69f1c804feeacfa5120

Release Notes 01/06/2025

Current Prescribable Content Documentation
Current: RxNorm_weekly_prescribe_01082025.zip
Source Update: MTHSPL - 01/04/2025
MD5 checksum: 2ac0d8f7a36fd7bea23da1fb4965681a

 

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_12022024.zip , Release Notes 12/02/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_12022024.zip , Release Notes 12/02/2024

RxNorm_full_11042024.zip , Release Notes 11/04/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_11042024.zip , Release Notes 11/04/2024

RxNorm_full_10072024.zip , Release Notes 10/07/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_10072024.zip , Release Notes 10/07/2024

RxNorm_full_09032024.zip , Release Notes 09/03/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_09032024.zip , Release Notes 09/03/2024

RxNorm_full_08052024.zip , Release Notes 08/05/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_08052024.zip , Release Notes 08/05/2024

RxNorm_full_07012024.zip , Release Notes 07/01/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_07012024.zip , Release Notes 07/01/2024

RxNorm_full_06032024.zip , Release Notes 06/03/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_06032024.zip , Release Notes 06/03/2024

RxNorm_full_05062024.zip , Release Notes 05/06/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_05062024.zip , Release Notes 05/06/2024

RxNorm_full_04012024.zip , Release Notes 04/01/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_04012024.zip , Release Notes 04/01/2024

RxNorm_full_03042024.zip , Release Notes 03/04/2024
       RxNorm_full_prescribe_03042024.zip , Release Notes 03/04/2024

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 Release Archives for 2005-2023

Last Reviewed: January 8, 2025