Clindamycin

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Clindamycin Summary for 2022

Top drug rank	#147 ( 29)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022)	3,855,100
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022)	2,369,863

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$39.66
Per day of therapy	$3.12/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$17.54
Per day of therapy	$1.19/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2013 - 2022)

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	127	24
2014	171	44
2015	130	41
2016	151	21
2017	140	11

Year	Rank	Change
2018	136	4
2019	119	17
2020	125	6
2021	118	7
2022	147	29

Drug Cost Over Time (2013 - 2022)

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 (2022)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule	300 mg	33.6%
Tablet/capsule	150 mg	22.5%
Gel	1%	17.1%
Lotion	1%	14.1%
Solution	1%	10.4%
Other, unspecified, or misc.		2.3%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2022)

"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 (2022)
Clindamycin (this drug)	3,855,101
Benzoyl Peroxide; Clindamycin	299,800

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

Cleocin
Cleocin Phosphate
Cleocin Phosphate IN Dextrose 5% IN Plastic Container
Cleocin T
Clinda-derm
Clindagel
Clindamycin Phosphate IN 5% Dextrose IN Plastic Container
Clindamycin Phosphate IN Dextrose 5%
Clindamycin Phosphate IN Dextrose 5% IN Plastic Container
Clindesse
Clindets
Evoclin
Cleocin Hydrochloride
Clindamycin Phosphate IN 0.9% Sodium Chloride
Clindamycin Hydroclhoride
Xaciato

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Clindamycin Hydrochloride
Clindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride
Clindamycin Phosphate
Clindamycin

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Lincosamide Antibacterial
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Rx
First dosage form:	Injectable (injection)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2022. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2024.08. 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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