Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC) Comparison, United States, 2024

Total Prescriptions in (2024)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2024)	Percent Share
Meloxicam	19,699,162	24.8%
Ibuprofen	16,850,357	21.2%
Aspirin	12,818,518	16.1%
Diclofenac	10,486,740	13.2%
Celecoxib	8,925,992	11.2%
Naproxen	5,874,206	7.4%
Ketorolac	2,383,166	3%
Nabumetone	1,038,360	1.3%
Indomethacin	720,259	0.9%
Etodolac	436,916	0.5%
Sulindac	207,810	0.3%
Piroxicam	33,436	0%
Oxaprozin	20,503	0%
Diclofenac; Misoprostol	16,244	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

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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