Insulin Detemir

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Insulin Detemir Summary for 2022

Top drug rank	#127 ( 10)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022)	4,867,207
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022)	905,394

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$590.40
Per day of therapy	$12.48/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$89.53
Per day of therapy	$1.43/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2013 - 2022)

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	165	2
2014	146	19
2015	110	36
2016	122	12
2017	114	8

Year	Rank	Change
2018	113	1
2019	121	8
2020	124	3
2021	117	7
2022	127	10

Drug Cost Over Time (2013 - 2022)

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 (2022)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Injection	100 unit/ml	81.8%
Solution	100 unit/ml	17.1%
Other, unspecified, or misc.		1.1%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2022)

"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 (2022)
Insulin Glargine	18,983,906
Insulin Lispro	9,647,314
Insulin Aspart	8,813,259
Insulin Detemir (this drug)	4,867,208
Insulin Degludec	4,306,212

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

Levemir
Levemir Flexpen
Levemir Flextouch
Levemir Innolet
Levemir Penfill

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Insulin Detemir Recombinant
Insulin Detemir

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Insulin Analog
Initial FDA approval date:	3/27/2006
First FDA applicant:	A-s Medication Solutions
First dosage form:	Injection, Solution (subcutaneous)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2022. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2024.08. 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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