Sodium Salts

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2013 - 2022

Sodium Salts Summary for 2022

Top drug rank	#216 ( 14)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2022)	1,776,480
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2022)	595,810

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$7.33
Per day of therapy	$0.53/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$3.88
Per day of therapy	$0.16/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	299	128
2014	169	130
2015	184	15
2016	220	36
2017	229	9

Year	Rank	Change
2018	235	6
2019	227	8
2020	274	47
2021	230	44
2022	216	14

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	650 mg	63.4%
Solution	0.65%	17.9%
Inhalation	0.9%	5.2%
Tablet/capsule	1 gm	5.2%
Other, unspecified, or misc.		8.3%

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)
Magnesium Salts	1,958,090
Sodium Salts (this drug)	1,776,481
Magnesium	219,466
Anhydrous Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate	106,150
Citric Acid; Potassium Citrate	76,015
Magnesium	53,110
Aluminum Hydroxide; Magnesium Carbonate	30,158
Potassium	20,883
Citric Acid; Potassium Citrate; Sodium Citrate	11,541

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

Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride 0.9% IN Plastic Container
Broncho Saline
Sodium Chloride 0.45% IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 0.9%
Sodium Chloride 0.9% IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 0.9% IN Sterile Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 23.4% IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 3% IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 5% IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride IN Plastic Container
Sodium Acetate IN Plastic Container
Sodium Bicarbonate IN Plastic Container
Sodium Chloride 14.6%
Sodium Chloride 23.4%
Nauzene
Sodium Chloride 0.9% IN Plastic Thermoject Kit For Cardiac Output Use

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Sodium Acetate Anhydrous
Sodium Bicarbonate
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Citrate
Sodium Gluconate
Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium Succinate
Sodium Salts

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Calculi Dissolution Agent, Anti-coagulant
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Solution (irrigation)

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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