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Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2023

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Magnesium Salts Summary for 2023

Top drug rank #174 ( 33)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2023) 2,903,672
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2023) 821,090
 
Average total drug cost (USD)  
Per prescription $7.58
Per day of therapy $0.18/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)  
Per prescription $4.35
Per day of therapy $0.09/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2014 - 2023)

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 188  43
2015 179  9
2016 171  8
2017 162  9
2018 242  80
Year Rank Change
2019 215  27
2020 202  13
2021 211  9
2022 207  4
2023 174  33

Drug Cost Over Time (2014 - 2023)

  • 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 (2023)

Dosage Form Strength % of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule 400 mg 77.4%
Tablet/capsule 500 mg 7.9%
Solution 1.745/30 gm/ml 6.8%
Other, unspecified, or misc. 7.9%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2023)

"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 (2023)
Magnesium Salts (this drug) 2,903,672
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 2,491,296
Sodium Salts 1,698,018
Lactulose 966,210
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes 842,998
Magnesium 275,417
Magnesium 238,959
Aspirin; Citric Acid; Sodium Bicarbonate 10,494
Anhydrous Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate 9,111

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
  • Antacid
  • Back Pain Relief
  • Backprin
  • Careone Milk OF Magnesia Cherry
  • Careone Milk OF Magnesia Original
  • Childrens Oral Saline Laxative
  • Citroma
  • Cvs Health Childrens
  • Cvs Magnesium Hydroxide Laxative Chew
  • Deodorantstick
  • Doans
  • Dulcolax
  • Dulcolax Chewy Bites Assorted Fruits
  • Dulcolax Chewy Fruit Bites Cherry Berry
  • Dulcolax Soft Chews Mixed Berry
  • Dulcolax Soft Chews Watermelon
  • Epsom Salt
  • Epsom Salts
  • Equate Gentle Laxative Soft Chew
  • Equate Kids Gentle Laxative SC
  • Ez2go Magnesium Citrate Saline Laxative Lemon Flavor
  • Gentle Laxative
  • Harmon Core Values Epsom Salt
  • Humco Dewees Carminative
  • Humco Epson Salt
  • Humco Milk OF Magnesia
  • Isolyte S IN Plastic Container
  • Mag 440
  • Magnesium Sulfate IN 5% Dextrose
  • Magnesium Sulfate IN Dextrose
  • Magnesium Sulfate IN Dextrose 5% IN Plastic Container
  • Magnesium Sulfate IN Plastic Container
  • Magnesium Sulfate IN Water
  • Maximum Strength Backache Relief
  • Medique AT Home Back Pain Relief
  • Medique Back Pain Relief
  • Meijer Magnesium Hydroxide Laxative Soft Chew
  • Milk OF Magnesia
  • Milk OF Magnesia Cherry
  • Milk OF Magnesia Concentrate
  • Milk OF Magnesia Mint
  • Milk OF Magnesia Original
  • Mirafast Soft Chews
  • Multiple Electrolytes Injection Type 1 Usp PH 5.5
  • Multiple Electrolytes Injection Type 1 Usp PH 7.4
  • Natural Epsom Salt
  • Normosol-r
  • Normosol-r IN Plastic Container
  • Nuvalu Epsom Salt
  • Onelax
  • Pedia-lax
  • Percogesic
  • Physiolyte IN Plastic Container
  • Physiosol
  • Physiosol IN Plastic Container
  • Physiosol PH 7.4 IN Plastic Container
  • Plasma-lyte 148 IN Water IN Plastic Container
  • Plasma-lyte A IN Plastic Container
  • Premier Value Milk OF Magnesia
  • Rapidol Sal Inglesa
  • Royal Epsom Salt
  • Synovalyte IN Plastic Container
  • Unishield Back Pain Relief
  • Walgreens Blueberry Raspberry Gentle Laxative
  • Walgreens Childrens
Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts
  • Magnesium Acetate
  • Magnesium Aspartate
  • Magnesium Carbonate
  • Magnesium Carbonate Hydroxide; Magnesium Hydroxide
  • Magnesium Cation
  • Magnesium Chlorate
  • Magnesium Chloride
  • Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate Anhydrous; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Gluconate
  • Magnesium Chloride; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Gluconate
  • Magnesium Chloride; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Bicarbonate; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Phosphate Dibasic Dihydrate
  • Magnesium Chloride; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Bicarbonate; Potassium Chloride; Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic, Dihydrate
  • Magnesium Citrate
  • Magnesium Citrate; Potassium Citrate
  • Magnesium Gluconate
  • Magnesium Glycinate
  • Magnesium Hydroxide
  • Magnesium Lactate
  • Magnesium Nitrate
  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Magnesium Salicylate
  • Magnesium Salts Other
  • Magnesium Silicate
  • Magnesium Stearate
  • Magnesium Sulfate
  • Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate
  • Magnesium Sulfate Other
  • Magnesium Sulfate, Unspecified
  • Magnesium Sulfate, Unspecified Form
  • Magnesium Sulfate; Potassium Chloride; Potassium Phosphate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Phosphate
  • Magnesium Trisilicate
  • Magnesium With Mixed Electrolytes
  • Magnesium, Chelated
  • Magnesium;;;; Dibasic
  • Potassium Acetate; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Acetate; Magnesium Chloride; Calcium Chloride
  • Magnesium Salts

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC): Calculi Dissolution Agent, Osmotic Laxative
Initial FDA approval date: Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant: Rx
First dosage form: Injectable (injection)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2023. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2025.08. 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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