Desloratadine

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2023

Desloratadine Summary for 2023

Top drug rank	#348 ( 32)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2023)	63,288
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2023)	25,834

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$101.94
Per day of therapy	$1.32/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$16.23
Per day of therapy	$0.37/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	391	55
2015	391	0
2016	387	4
2017	399	12
2018	387	12

Year	Rank	Change
2019	381	6
2020	408	27
2021	347	61
2022	316	31
2023	348	32

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
Tablet/capsule	5 mg	100.0%

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)
Cetirizine	11,399,498
Azelastine	3,932,233
Levocetirizine	3,461,898
Fexofenadine	1,951,572
Diphenhydramine	707,624
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	321,775
Chlorpheniramine	202,413
Mometasone; Olopatadine	169,856
Azelastine; Fluticasone	165,218
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	82,066
Carbinoxamine	67,462
Desloratadine (this drug)	63,288
Diphenhydramine; Zinc	45,761
Chlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	34,304
Bepotastine	25,386
Hydrocodone; Chlorpheniramine	10,639

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

Clarinex

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Desloratadine

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Histamine-1 Receptor Antagonist
Initial FDA approval date:	12/21/2001
First FDA applicant:	Rx
First dosage form:	Tablet (oral)

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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