Petrolatum

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Petrolatum Summary for 2022

Top drug rank	#356 ( 36)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022)	37,111
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022)	37,111

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$18.71
Per day of therapy	$0.69/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$14.88
Per day of therapy	$0.69/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	355	409
2014	499	144
2015	400	99
2016	435	35
2017	463	28

Year	Rank	Change
2018	464	1
2019	430	34
2020	474	44
2021	392	82
2022	356	36

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
Ointment	41%	50.0%
Ointment	43%	50.0%

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

A And D
A And D Plus E
Advaced First Aid A And D
Advanced Healing
Advanced Petrolatum
Advanced Relief A And D
Allermi Skin Savior
Aloe Barrier
Aloe Vesta Clear Barrier
Aloe Vesta Protective
Ameriderm
Aquagard
Aquaphor Healing
Aquaphor Original
Aveeno Baby Soothing Multi-purpose
Aveeno Cracked Skin Relief Cica
Baby Petrolatum Jelly
Baby Petroleum
Baby Petroleum Jelly
Baby Soft Scent Petroleum
Babyfresh Petroleum Jelly
Bag Balm First Aid
Bag Balm Skin Protectant
Balmex Multi-purpose
Barrier Skin Protectant
Baza Clear
Black And White Skin Protectant
Careall Creamy Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
Careall Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Careall Petroleum
Careall Vitamin A And D
Carrington Moisture Barrier
Cars Petroleum
Cerave Developed With Dermatologists Baby Healing
Cerave Developed With Dermatologists Healing
Cetaphil Healing
Chap-ET
Chapstick Classic Cherry
Chapstick Classic Original
Chapstick Classic Spearmint
Chapstick Classic Strawberry
Chapstick Flava Craze
Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
Creamy Petroleum
Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Critic Aid Clear
Critic-aid Clear
Curefini Dermal
Curefini Skin Protection Cream
Curetech
Curetech AD
Curetech Vitamins A And D
D-cerin
Dawnmist Petroleum
Dermacerin
Dermaphor
Desitin Multi-purpose Healing
EA Eight Hour Skin Protectant
Eight Hour Skin Fragrance Free
Eltamd Laser Balm
Equate Baby Advanced Healing
Equate Cherry Lip Balm
Fisher-price Petroleum Jelly
Flanders Healing
Gerigentle-vitamins A And D
Gold Bond Medicated Advanced Healing
Gold Bond Medicated Cracked Foot Skin Relief
Gold Bond Medicated Cracked Skin Fill And Protect
Gold Bond Ultimate Cracked Skin Fill And Protect
Healing
Healing For Babies
Healquick Tattoo Balm
Health Smart Aloe Vera Petroleum
Health Smart Baby Petroleum
Health Smart Cocoa Butter Petroleum
Health Smart Creamy Cocoa Butter Petroleum
Health Smart Creamy Petroleum
Health Smart Lavender Baby Petroleum
Health Smart Original Petroleum
Herstat
Hydrating Healing Skin Protectant
Hydrolatum
Jell Pharmaceuticals Vitamin A D
L-topical White Petrolatum 30%
Leader Baby Skin Protectant
Lil Drug Store Petroleum Jelly
Lip Recovery
Lucky Super Soft
Medlife A And D
Medpride
Moisture Barrier
Natures Choice Vitamins A And D
Neosporin Lip Health
Novita Petrolatum With Cocoa Butter
Novita Pure Petrolatum Jelly
Nuvalu 100 Pure Petroleum
Nuvalu Petroleum Baby Fresh Scent
Nuvalu Petroleum Cocoa Butter
Okeeffes Lip Repair
Oralabs Chapice Cherry Petrolatum
Oralabs Chapice Original Petrolatum
Parents Choice Advanced Healing
Periguard
Petrolatum Jelly With Cocoa Butter
Petroleum
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum Jelly Baby Fragrance
Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter
Petroleum Original
Petroleum Skin Protectant
Petroleum With Cocoa
Pharmacys Prescription 4.5 OZ Cocoa Butter Petroleum Jelly
Pharmacys Prescription 4.5 OZ Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Pharmacys Prescription Creamy Petroleum Cocoa Butter
Pharmacys Prescription Creamy Petroleum Unscented
Pharmacys Prescription Petroleum Baby Fresh Scent
Pharmacys Prescription Petroleum Jelly
Pharmacys Prescription Petroleum Skin Protectant
Princess Petroleum
Priyal Aloe Baby
Priyal Aloe Jelly
Priyal Cocoa Jelly
Priyal Jelly
Priyal Lavender Jelly
Provon Perineal Skin Prot
Provon Perineal Skin Protectant With 60% Petrolatum
Pure Petroleum
Remedy Clear-aid Skin Protectant
Remedy Skin Protectant
Resurfix Elemental Silver Healing
Resurfix Plus
Rite Aid
Royal Creamy Petroleum
Royal Creamy Petroleum Cocoa Scent
Royal Creamy Petroleum Jelly
Royal Creamy Petroleum Jelly Cocoa Butter
Royal Petroleum Jelly Baby Fresh Scent Blue
Royal Petroleum Jelly With Baby Scent
Rugby Petrolatum Hydrating
Secura Protective
Shea Butter Petroleum Jelly
Skin Protectant
Skin Protectant Cream 43% Petrolatum
Skin Protectant Petrolatum
Soothe And Cool
Soothe And Cool Free Moisture Barrier
Soothe And Cool Moisture Barrier
Soothe And Cool Moisture Guard
Soothe And Cool Protect
Sterex
Target UP And UP Petroleum Jelly
U Cocoa Butter Petroleum
Universal Baby Fresh Scent Petroleum
Universal Cocoa Butter Scent Petroleum
Universal Lavender Scent Petroleum
Universal Original Petroleum
Universal Pure Petroleum Cocoa Butter Scented
Vaseline
Vitamin A And D
Vitamin A D
Vitamins A And D Without Lanolin
Vitamins A D
Welmedix Homecare Pro Fragile Skin Protectant
White Petrolatum
White Rose Petroleum Jelly
Winco Medicated Lip Balm
Wish Care
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) 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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