Petrolatum

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2024

Petrolatum Summary for 2024

Top drug rank	#328 ( 16)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2024)	194,332
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2024)	78,318

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$9.11
Per day of therapy	$0.17/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$1.06
Per day of therapy	$0.03/day

Total Prescriptions and Patients Per Year (2014 - 2024)

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	499	144
2015	400	99
2016	435	35
2017	463	28
2018	464	1
2019	430	34

Year	Rank	Change
2020	474	44
2021	392	82
2022	356	36
2023	344	12
2024	328	16

Drug Cost Over Time (2014 - 2024)

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 (2024)

Dosage Form	Strength	% of Dispensed Products
Ointment	42%	66.7%
Ointment	41%	33.3%

Distribution of Days Supplied (2024)

"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

A And D
A And D Plus E
Advanced Healing
Advanced Healing Balm
Aloe Vera Petrolatum Jelly
Ameriderm
Aquaphor Healing
Aquaphor Healing Balm Stick
Aquaphor Original
Astonea
Baby Balm Stick 0.65oz
Baby Fresh Scent Petroleum
Baby Healingointment
Baby Petrolatum Jelly
Baby Petroleum Jelly
Balmex Multi-purpose
Baza Clear
Careall Creamy Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
Careall Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Careall Petroleum
Careall Vitamin A And D
Caring Mills Petroleum Jelly
Cars Petroleum
Cerave Developed With Dermatologists Baby Healing
Cerave Developed With Dermatologists Healing
Cerave Developed With Dermatologists Healing Lip Balm
Cetaphil Baby Healing
Cetaphil Healing
Chapstick Classic Cherry
Chapstick Classic Original
Chapstick Classic Spearmint
Chapstick Classic Strawberry
Chapstick Supreme Classic Cherry
Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
Coconut Milk And Shea Petroleum Jelly
Comforts Petroleum Jelly
Creamy Petroleum
Critic Aid Clear
Critic-aid Clear
Cruex Petroleum Jelly
Curefini
Curefini Dermal
Curefini Skin Protection Cream
Cvs
Cvs Healing Balm Skin Protectant
D-cerin
Dabur
Dawnmist Petroleum
Desitin Multi-purpose Healing
Doue Pure Petroleum Original
Drs. Pharmacy Healing
Dry Skin Healing
Dukal White Petrolatum
EA Eight Hour Skin Protectant
Eight Hour Skin Fragrance Free
Eltamd Laser Balm
Geri-gentle Petrolatum
Gerigentle-vitamins A And D
Good Neighbor Petroleum Jelly
Goodsense Petroleum Jelly
Hammertech
Hania Skin Protectant
Healing
Healing Balm Skin Protectant
Healing Cream 15oz
Healing Cream 3oz
Healing Cream15oz
Healing For Babies
Healquick Tattoo Balm
Health Beyond Vitamins AD
Health Smart Aloe Vera Petroleum
Health Smart Baby Petroleum
Health Smart Cocoa Butter Petroleum
Health Smart Lavender Baby Petroleum
Health Smart Original Petroleum
Healthwise Petroleum Jelly
Healthwise Petroleum Jelly Baby Fresh
Healthwise Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter
Healthwise Petroleum Jelly Original
Hydrating
Hydrating Healing
Hydrating Healing Skin Protectant
Jell Pharmaceuticals Vitamin A D
Kidgets Baby Petroleum Jelly
Leader Baby Skin Protectant
Lil Drug Store Petroleum Jelly
Medline
Medpride
Meijer Baby Petroleum Jelly Skin Protectant Frag Free
Meijer Baby Petroleum Jelly Skin Protectant Fresh Scent
Meijer Petroleum Jelly
Natures Choice Vitamins A And D
Neosporin Lip Health
Novita Baby Petrolatum Jelly
Novita Petrolatum Jelly Pink
Novita Petrolatum With Cocoa Butter
Novita Pure Petrolatum Jelly
Okeeffes Lip Repair
Oralabs Chapice Cherry Petrolatum
Oralabs Chapice Original Petrolatum
Pca Skin Skin Procedure
Perfect 10 Soothing Recovery
Personal Care Creamy Cocoa Butter Petroleum
Personal Care Creamy Petroleum
Petrolatum Jelly
Petroleum
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum Jelly Baby Fresh Scent 3.53oz
Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter Scent 3.53oz
Petroleum Jelly Fragrance Free 3.53oz
Petroleum Jelly, Lil Drug Store
Petroleum Skin Protectant
Petroleum With Cocoa
Pharmacys Prescription Petroleum Jelly
Prequel Skin Utility Oint
Prevadrm Vitamin Repair
Princess Petroleum
Procure
Procure Hydrocerin
Procure Hydroshield
Procure Skinguard
Procure Vitamin A And D
Pure Petrolatum
Pure Petrolatum Jelly
Pure Petroleum
Repair And Protect
Resurfix Plus
Royal Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Royal Creamy Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter
Rugby Petrolatum Hydrating
Secura Protective
Shea Butter Petroleum Jelly
Skin Protectant
Skin Protectant With 33% Petrolatum
Target Baby Healing
Target UP And UP Healing Petrolatum Skin Protectant
Target UP And UP Petroleum Jelly
Tatwax Vitamins AD
Tenderphor
Theracare Petroleum Jelly
Theracare Vitamin A And D Plus E
Truelipids Boo-boo And Bum Balm
Truelipids Relieve And Protect
Truelipids Truelips Lip Balm
Universal Baby Fresh Scent Petroleum
Universal Cocoa Butter Scent Petroleum
Universal Lavender Scent Petroleum
Universal Original Petroleum
Universal Pure Petroleum
Universal Pure Petroleum Cocoa Butter Scented
Vaseline
Vitamin A And D
Vitamin A D
Vitamins A And D Without Lanolin
Walgreens Baby Healing
Walgreens Baby Healing Balm
Walgreens Baby Petroleum
Walgreens Cocoa Butter Jelly
Walgreens Healing Balm Skin Protectant
Well AT Walgreens
Welmedix Homecare Pro Fragile Skin Protectant
White Petrolatum
White Rain Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
White Rain Original Petroleum
White Rose Petroleum Jelly
Winco Foodspetroleum Jelly
Winco Medicated Lip Balm
Xtracare Creamy Petroleum Jelly

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Petrolatum

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	N/A
Initial FDA approval date:	2/16/2006
First FDA applicant:	Rx
First dosage form:	Ointment (topical)

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2026.08. 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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