Niacinamide

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Niacinamide Summary for 2022

Top drug rank	#325 ( 34)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022)	136,211
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022)	17,519

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$8.00
Per day of therapy	$0.27/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$7.09
Per day of therapy	$0.24/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	471	-
2014	468	3
2016	466	-
2017	432	34

Year	Rank	Change
2018	428	4
2019	455	27
2021	359	-
2022	325	34

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 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 (2022)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Tablet/capsule	500 mg	100.0%

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.

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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

Aape Continuous Renewal Mask
Aape Nutrient Facial Toner
Aape Skin Ampoule
AN Adc SP Intensive Moisture Essence
Arilac Brightening Mask Sheet Pack
Arocell Time Reverse K I T
Arocell X Belle J Super Power Cell Ampoule
Bellaskin Brightening Contour Essence
Brightuning Peptide Ampoule
BY Selected Hyaluron Day Serum
Cellbn Milky Tone-upcream
Cellexosome HE HR
Cellexosome HR
Cellexosome SB
Cica Fucoidan
Cosmepure Brightening Calming
Cosmepure Brightening Calming Toner
Daeng GI Meo RI Gounmo Hair Loss Care
DE Medicotem Illuminating White Cell Ampoule
Diapia Collagen Goat Milk Ampoule Mask
Diapia HA Aqua Shining Mask
DR. Cellmo
Edge Cutimal Cat Whitening Mask
Evecode Thread Lifting Mask Pack
Fresh Mandarin Aromatherapy Mask
Juveheal W Ampoule
Lebody Lab Renewal Dual Effect Hyaluronic Serum
Lebody Lab Renewal Dual Effect Idebenone Serum
Lebody Lab Renewal Dual Effect Peptide Serum
Mustus Daily Harvest Squeeze Tone UP Mask Pack
Pahaba Control
Pahaba Solution
Papa Recipe Bombee Brightening Honey Mask Pack
Rgo Hydration Toner
Royal Ginseng Essence
Royal Ginseng Toner
Royal Ginsengcream
Royal Ginsenglotion
Sferangs Vita C Capsulebooster
Siseundeusi Luminant
Siseundeusi Luminant Mask Pack Step2(Whitening)
Skin Project YA Cooling Celluven Mask
The Skin House Vital Bright Emulsion
The Skin House Vital Bright Eyecream
The Skin House Vital Bright Toner
The Skin House Vital Brightcream
The Skin House Vital Brightemulsion
The Skin House Vital Brightserum
The Skinhouse Aloe Soothing Vitamin
The Skinhouse White Tightening Serum
The Skinhouse White Tightening Toner
The Skinhouse White Tighteningcream
The Skinhouse White Tighteningemulsion
Ultra V Aqua Shine Mask
Vita C Bright Eyecream
Vita C Bright Serum
Vita C Bright Toner
Vita C Brightcream
W.Skin White Glutathione Tone UP

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Niacinamide

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	N/A
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Suspension (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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