Glycerin

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2020

Glycerin Summary for 2020

Top drug rank	#478 ( 85)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2020)	2,614
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2020)	2,614

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$0.85
Per day of therapy	$0.85/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$0.00
Per day of therapy	$≤0.01/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	443	351
2014	436	7
2015	483	47
2016	484	1

Year	Rank	Change
2017	465	19
2018	494	29
2019	393	101
2020	478	85

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)

No data available

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)
Glycerin (this drug)	2,614

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

All-IN-one Cleanser
Amuldy S
AN Adc SP Intensive Wrinkle Eye
Ancee Dna Eye
Anti Wrinkle Eye Serum
Artificial Tears
Avedana Glycerin
Banacos Cica-aid Centella Peptide Toner
Biotrue Hydration Boost
Bliss Gvs
Body Hair Moisturizing Oil
Brucke A.C.C. Calming Mist
Care Cleansing Foam
Cellisys EX Egf Intense Mask
Cellisys EX Egf Wrinkle 29 Activator
Clear Eyes Advanced Dry And Itchy
Clenziderm Therapeutic Moisturizer
Colds Runny Nose
Cvs Pharmacy Glycerin
Diapia Adl Turmeric Pearl Foaming Cleanser
DR. Iaso UV Total Base Spf 46 PA
DR.Serse Serum
Dynarex Hydrogel
Eyeganics Organic Tears
Find Bichon Cleansing Mask
Fleet
Glycerin Liquid Laxative Enema(Kaisalilu)
Glycerinum
Glycerol-saline Control
Grain Timeless Perfection
Guerison All IN One Tocx
Herbal Skin Toner
I-drops Lubricant Eye Drops
Integral B Keep Calming Mist
Intensive Hydrating Cleanse Premium Dna Mask Pack
Isleaf Botanic Shield Deep Pore Cleasing Foam
Isleaf Botanic Shield Facial Barrier Gelcream
Isleaf Botanic Shield Pollutant Defending Mask
Isleaf Botanic Shield Shieldig Mist
Isleaf Clinic Lime Cleansing Foam
Isleaf Energy Water
Leader Glycerin
Lebody Face Renewal
Lemon
Lemon Glycerin
Lemon Glycerine
Lift Eyecream
Medactive Oral Relief
Mediskin Intensive Brightening Mask Pack
Mediskin Intensive Firming Mask Pack
Mediskin Intensive Moisture Calming Mask Pack
Melatonin Sheet Mask
Merdevie Firecream
Mianju Mask Pack
Mineral All-IN-one Cleansing
Mineral Multi Emulsion
Minica-s
Miracle OF The Mose Hair Bar
Monagra
Mycellcare
Niagara S
NO Itching
Oasis Tears
Oasis Tears PF
Oasis Tears PF Plus
Oasis Tears Plus
Optase
Optimel Manuka Dry Eye Drops
Optimel Manuka Forte Eye Gel
Pedia-lax
Perfect V Lifting Premium Black Mask
Perfect V Lifting Premium Eye Mask
Perfect V Lifting Premium Mask
Perfect V Lifting Premium Plus Mask
Plu Body Scrub Berry Mix
Plu Body Scrub Coconut
Plu Body Scrub Hazelnut
Plu Body Scrub Prestige Silk Edition
Premiu Serum Mask
Prevention Oncology Mouth Rinse
Queen79 Noble Gold Aquacream
Queen79 Noble Gold Eyecream
Queen79 Noble Gold Serum
Queen79 Noble Goldcream
Quick Cleansing Dry Tissue
Renewal Serum
Repove R.E.P
Repovesolutiona
Repovesolutionb
Rubelli Wine Foot Packs
Rubelli Wine Hand Packs
Siseundeusi Bless Bathandshampoo
Siseundeusi Bless Face And Body
Siseundeusi Bless Lip
Siseundeusi Luminant Pack Cleanser
Siseundeusi Scalp Essence
Siseundeusi Ultra Spot
Skinbutak GO Young Magic Toner
Skinbutak GO Young Magiccream
Skinbutak GO Young Magiclotion
Skinbutak Gold Magic Cleanser
Spearmint Aromatherapy Mask
Stratuscare Adult Glycerin
Stratuscare Glycerin Laxative Pediatric
The Cica Serum Plus
Topwin Speedy Enema
Ultra Moisturizing Essence
Walgreens Adult Glycerin
Walgreens Children Glycerin
Wet Wipes
Wrinkle Power Filling

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Glycerin

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Non-Standardized Chemical Allergen
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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