Clobetasol

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2023

Clobetasol Summary for 2023

Top drug rank #129 ( 27)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2023) 4,643,351
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2023) 2,351,795
 
Average total drug cost (USD)  
Per prescription $80.79
Per day of therapy $3.34/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)  
Per prescription $13.94
Per day of therapy $0.66/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2014 - 2023)

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
2014 176  11
2015 201  25
2016 183  18
2017 214  31
2018 215  1
Year Rank Change
2019 181  34
2020 171  10
2021 162  9
2022 156  6
2023 129  27

Drug Cost Over Time (2014 - 2023)

  • 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 antihypertensive 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 (2023)

Dosage Form Strength % of Dispensed Products
Ointment 0.05% 39.5%
Cream 0.05% 37.1%
Solution 0.05% 18.7%
Other, unspecified, or misc. 4.7%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2023)

"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 (2023)
Fluticasone 21,041,608
Prednisone 15,794,244
Fluticasone; Salmeterol 10,648,080
Budesonide; Formoterol 9,346,242
Triamcinolone 6,476,980
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol 5,533,175
Clobetasol (this drug) 4,643,352
Methylprednisolone 4,190,064
Fluticasone; Vilanterol 4,032,316
Prednisolone 3,839,257
Budesonide 3,366,338
Hydrocortisone 2,711,653
Betamethasone; Clotrimazole 1,470,861
Dexamethasone 1,251,534
Dexamethasone; Neomycin; Polymyxin B 1,049,128
Mometasone 865,193
Betamethasone 760,521
Ciprofloxacin; Dexamethasone 723,486
Mometasone; Olopatadine 169,856
Azelastine; Fluticasone 165,218
Beclomethasone 51,207

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
  • Byqlovi
  • Clobetasol Propionate (Emollient)
  • Clobex
  • Cormax
  • Embeline
  • Embeline E
  • Impeklo
  • Impoyz
  • Olux
  • Olux E
  • Temovate
  • Temovate E
Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts
  • Clobetasol Propionate
  • Clobetasol

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC): Corticosteroid
Initial FDA approval date: 12/27/1985
First FDA applicant: Discn
First dosage form: Ointment (topical)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2023. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2025.08. 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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