Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug

Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC) Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Meloxicam	19,808,582	23.1%
Aspirin	17,287,373	20.1%
Ibuprofen	16,533,209	19.3%
Diclofenac	9,926,750	11.6%
Naproxen	8,184,639	9.5%
Celecoxib	7,089,212	8.3%
Ketorolac	1,750,298	2%
Dexamethasone; Moxifloxacin	1,237,556	1.4%
Nabumetone	906,743	1.1%
Indomethacin	882,500	1%
Bromfenac	777,837	0.9%
Sulindac	365,698	0.4%
Esomeprazole; Naproxen	306,557	0.4%
Etodolac	300,667	0.4%
Piroxicam	268,675	0.3%
Flurbiprofen	230,134	0.3%
Ketoprofen	15,950	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2022.08. 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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