RXNORM - How to know Cephapirin(238),Tomorrow(96797),Today(896747) are only Vet drugs?

barlav wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2016:

Using the RXNORM data files I am trying to determine how to know these RXNORMS are only vet drugs: 2238: Cephapirin, 96797: Tomorrow and 896747: Today.

All these RXNORM codes are all marked as V (Vet) in RXNAV but I am unable to determine how? Is there anyway to make this determination using RXNCONSO,RXNSAT and RXNREL? Or is there some other way?

Thanks for any insights.

  • Bill

barlav wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2016:

I apologize if this isn’t the right place for this question. Didn’t realize it until after I posted.

cmswest wrote on Thursday, September 15, 2016:

hi Bill, here’s a quick stab at this

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/docs/2016/appendix4.html

RXN_VET_DRUG Attribute of BPCK, GPCK, SBD, SCD, or BN atom intended for veterinary use and the country in which the drug is marketed for that purpose; Only applied for US drugs at this time International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3166-1-alpha-2 country code US