Dicyclomine

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2024

Dicyclomine Summary for 2024

Top drug rank	#212 ( 20)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2024)	2,210,374
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2024)	940,453

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$26.32
Per day of therapy	$0.81/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$8.10
Per day of therapy	$0.27/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2014 - 2024)

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	207	10
2015	190	17
2016	178	12
2017	182	4
2018	197	15
2019	165	32

Year	Rank	Change
2020	147	18
2021	148	1
2022	176	28
2023	192	16
2024	212	20

Drug Cost Over Time (2014 - 2024)

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 (2024)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule	20 mg	58.5%
Tablet/capsule	10 mg	41.5%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2024)

"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 (2024)
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	6,642,603
Albuterol; Ipratropium	3,785,663
Tiotropium	3,084,835
Dicyclomine (this drug)	2,210,375
Budesonide; Glycopyrrolate; Formoterol	2,060,690
Ipratropium	1,571,183
Atropine; Diphenoxylate	424,572

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

Bentyl
Bentyl Preservative Free
Dicyclomine Hydrochloride (Preservative Free)

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Dicyclomine Hydrochloride
Dicyclomine

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Anticholinergic
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Syrup (oral)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2026.08. 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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