Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC) Comparison, United States, 2019

Total Prescriptions in (2019)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2019)	Percent Share
Ibuprofen	21,746,703	27.7%
Meloxicam	21,459,849	27.3%
Naproxen	11,762,234	15%
Diclofenac	10,115,975	12.9%
Celecoxib	6,595,237	8.4%
Ketorolac	1,602,924	2%
Indomethacin	1,574,457	2%
Nabumetone	1,211,008	1.5%
Etodolac	712,628	0.9%
Bromfenac	445,185	0.6%
Ibuprofen; Famotidine	416,323	0.5%
Piroxicam	405,479	0.5%
Sulindac	318,884	0.4%
Diflunisal	116,623	0.1%
Diclofenac; Misoprostol	34,517	0%
Flurbiprofen	21,338	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2019. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2021.10. 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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Updated Sep 12, 2021

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