Indomethacin

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2020

Indomethacin Summary for 2020

Top drug rank	#320 ( 53)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2020)	882,499
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2020)	359,060

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$14.37
Per day of therapy	$1.03/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$5.67
Per day of therapy	$0.45/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	219	24
2014	262	43
2015	292	30
2016	323	31

Year	Rank	Change
2017	300	23
2018	240	60
2019	267	27
2020	320	53

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)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule	50 mg	75.0%
Tablet/capsule	25 mg	19.0%
Tablet/capsule	75 mg	6.0%

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)
Meloxicam	19,808,582
Aspirin	17,287,373
Ibuprofen	16,533,209
Diclofenac	9,926,750
Naproxen	8,184,639
Celecoxib	7,089,212
Ketorolac	1,750,298
Dexamethasone; Moxifloxacin	1,237,556
Nabumetone	906,743
Indomethacin (this drug)	882,500
Bromfenac	777,837
Sulindac	365,698
Esomeprazole; Naproxen	306,557
Etodolac	300,667
Piroxicam	268,675
Flurbiprofen	230,134
Ketoprofen	15,950

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

Indo-lemmon
Indocin
Indocin SR
Tivorbex

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Indomethacin Sodium
Indomethacin

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Capsule (oral)

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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Updated Sep 12, 2021

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