Calcium

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2020

Calcium Summary for 2020

Top drug rank	#204 ( 29)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2020)	2,362,576
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2020)	566,984

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$12.44
Per day of therapy	$0.31/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$5.95
Per day of therapy	$0.22/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2013 - 2020)

Rank of Top Drugs Over Time

"Rank" refers to the frequency that a given medication is prescribed within a calendar year compared to all other medications. A rank of "4" would indicate that the medication was the fourth most commonly prescribed medication.

Year	Rank	Change
2013	195	621
2014	178	17
2015	169	9
2016	251	82

Year	Rank	Change
2017	285	34
2018	233	52
2019	175	58
2020	204	29

Drug Cost Over Time (2013 - 2020)

Cost Per Prescription Fill: Average cost per filled prescription regardless of how many days of therapy the prescription is filled for (e.g. 10 days, 30 days, 90 days, etc.)
Cost per Day of Therapy: The average cost per prescription fill divided by the days of therapy. For example, a 10-day antibiotic course costing $30 would be $3 per day. Similarly, a 30-day supply of an oral antihypetensive costing $30 would be $1 per day.

Total cost: The average total cost of the medication including the out-of-pocket cost (see below) plus the amount paid by other parties (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, Veterans Administration, TRICARE, other state/federal sources, Worker's compensation, and other miscellaneous sources)
Out-of-pocket cost: The average payment made by the patient which may include deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or the cash price paid without insurance coverage.

Cost Per Prescription Fill (USD)

Cost Per Day of Therapy (USD/day)

Distribution of Dispensed Dosage Forms (2020)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule	600 mg	43.0%
Tablet/capsule	500 mg	29.0%
Tablet/capsule	667 mg	9.5%
Tablet/capsule	1000 mg	6.5%
Tablet/capsule	625 mg	5.5%
Tablet/capsule	950 mg	5.5%
Other, unspecified, or misc.		1.0%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2020)

"Days supply" is defined as the number of days that a prescription should last. For example, a prescription of 60 tablets that is taken twice daily has a day supply of 30 days.

Related Drugs

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)
Calcium (this drug)	2,362,576
Calcium; Vitamin D	2,238,412

Therapeutic Classes

Drug Synonyms

Drug synonyms are used during the sanitation and standardization process of "cleaning" the original data source (MEPS). Occassionally, brand names may be listed below that are no longer on the market or are very infrequently used.

Brand Name Synonyms

7030 Calcium Gold
7030 Calcium Premium
AG-x
C P RE
D T B T
Great Calcium
Hantai 8030 CA-D3 Gold
Hantai 8030 CA-D3 Premium
Korea Calcium King
Onlycal
P D All
P D All M
P D M
Resto L
Restoration Treatment
Tall G U

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Calcium
Calcium Acetate
Calcium Acetate; Magnesium Acetate; Potassium Acetate; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Gluconate
Calcium Alginate
Calcium Ascorbate
Calcium Bicarbonate
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Carbonate; Magnesium Oxide; Cholecalciferol; Calcium Citrate; Magnesium Citrate
Calcium Carbonate; Potassium Bicarbonate; Sodium Bicarbonate
Calcium Chloride
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Acetate; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate Anhydrous; Sodium Chloride
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Citrate
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Lactate
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Bicarbonate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Phosphate
Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Sodium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic Dihydrate; Sodium Bicarbonate
Calcium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride
Calcium Citrate
Calcium Fluoride
Calcium Gluceptate
Calcium Gluconate
Calcium Gluconate Monohydrate
Calcium Glycerophosphate
Calcium Hydride
Calcium Hydroxide
Calcium Ion
Calcium Lactate
Calcium Oxide
Calcium Peroxide
Calcium Phenoxide
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium Phosphate, Unspecified Form
Calcium Phosphate; Magnesium Carbonate; Potassium Chloride
Calcium Polycarbophil
Calcium Pyrophosphate
Calcium Saccharate
Calcium Silicate
Calcium Stearate
Calcium Sulfate
Calcium Threonate
Calcium Undecylenate
Sodium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Citrate
Sodium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Calcium Chloride; Magnesium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Calcium, Phosphate Binder
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Injectable (injection)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2022.08. Read more about the ClinCalc DrugStats database.

All ClinCalc DrugStats figures and graphs on this page are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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