Anxiolytics, Sedatives, and Hypnotics

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2018

Total Prescriptions in (2018)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2018)	Percent Share
Furosemide	29,857,946	22.5%
Alprazolam	20,843,480	15.7%
Clonazepam	17,064,643	12.9%
Lorazepam	13,222,989	10%
Zolpidem Tartrate	12,877,941	9.7%
Hydroxyzine	10,431,207	7.9%
Buspirone Hydrochloride	8,149,119	6.1%
Diazepam	6,448,085	4.9%
Testosterone	5,483,792	4.1%
Temazepam	3,173,562	2.4%
Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride	1,805,035	1.4%
Eszopiclone	1,715,222	1.3%
Doxepin Hydrochloride	1,519,877	1.1%

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2008-2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 21.1. 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 Nov 19, 2020

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