Loperamide

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Loperamide Summary for 2022

Top drug rank #297 ( 10)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022) 410,958
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022) 128,701
 
Average total drug cost (USD)  
Per prescription $31.63
Per day of therapy $0.99/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)  
Per prescription $2.34
Per day of therapy $0.13/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 417  33
2014 364  53
2015 343  21
2016 259  84
2017 364  105
Year Rank Change
2018 379  15
2019 358  21
2020 330  28
2021 287  43
2022 297  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
Tablet/capsule 2 mg 72.3%
Liquid 1/7.5 mg/ml 25.5%
Other, unspecified, or misc. 2.2%

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)
Acetaminophen; Hydrocodone 23,521,229
Tramadol 12,203,198
Oxycodone 11,314,082
Acetaminophen; Oxycodone 6,531,256
Morphine 4,101,413
Acetaminophen; Codeine 3,179,642
Hydromorphone 1,531,449
Codeine; Guaifenesin 862,861
Loperamide (this drug) 410,959
Homatropine; Hydrocodone 45,484
Hydrocodone; Chlorpheniramine 39,773
Codeine; Phenylephrine; Promethazine 26,799

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
  • Imodium
  • Imodium A-d
  • Imodium A-d EZ Chews
Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts
  • Loperamide Hydrochloride
  • Loperamide

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC): Opioid Agonist
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) 2013-2022. 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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