Triamcinolone

Drug Usage Statistics, United States, 2014 - 2024

Triamcinolone Summary for 2024

Top drug rank	#98 ( 10)
Estimated number of prescriptions in the United States (2024)	7,330,181
Estimated number of patients in the United States (2024)	4,824,201

Average total drug cost (USD)
Per prescription	$15.34
Per day of therapy	$0.75/day
Average out-of-pocket cost (USD)
Per prescription	$4.23
Per day of therapy	$0.22/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	155	14
2015	151	4
2016	123	28
2017	103	20
2018	108	5
2019	107	1

Year	Rank	Change
2020	106	1
2021	104	2
2022	102	2
2023	108	6
2024	98	10

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
Cream	0.1%	51.5%
Ointment	0.1%	27.3%
Cream	0.025%	6.1%
Cream	0.5%	5.5%
Other, unspecified, or misc.		9.6%

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.

Related Drugs

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2024)
Fluticasone	22,934,061
Prednisone	17,833,597
Fluticasone; Salmeterol	8,986,327
Triamcinolone (this drug)	7,330,182
Budesonide; Formoterol	6,811,071
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	6,642,603
Prednisolone	5,786,310
Methylprednisolone	4,523,154
Clobetasol	3,823,176
Fluticasone; Vilanterol	3,798,121
Budesonide	2,598,103
Budesonide; Glycopyrrolate; Formoterol	2,060,690
Hydrocortisone	1,946,974
Betamethasone; Clotrimazole	1,880,842
Dexamethasone	1,742,201
Dexamethasone; Neomycin; Polymyxin B	1,009,977
Betamethasone	810,822
Mometasone	809,234
Beclomethasone	754,576
Ciprofloxacin; Dexamethasone	660,388
Azelastine; Fluticasone	217,018
Mometasone; Olopatadine	91,393
Flunisolide	20,912

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

Allernaze
Aristocort
Aristocort A
Aristogel
Aristospan
Azmacort
Flutex
Kenacort
Kenalog
Kenalog IN Orabase
Kenalog-10
Kenalog-40
Kenalog-80
Kenalog-h
Nasacort
Nasacort Allergy 24 Hour
Nasacort Hfa
Oralone
Triacet
Triacort
Trianex
Triatex
Triderm
Triesence
Trivaris
Trymex
Xipere
Zilretta

Generic Drug Synonyms and Salts

Triamcinolone Acetonide
Triamcinolone Hexacetonide
Triamcinolone

FDA Approval Information

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC):	Corticosteroid
Initial FDA approval date:	Prior to January 1, 1982
First FDA applicant:	Discn
First dosage form:	Injectable (injection)

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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