Cardiovascular Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Lisinopril	88,597,018	15.3%
Amlodipine	69,786,685	12.1%
Metoprolol	66,413,693	11.5%
Losartan	54,815,412	9.5%
Hydrochlorothiazide	41,476,099	7.2%
Furosemide	26,786,297	4.6%
Tamsulosin	24,692,403	4.3%
Carvedilol	23,159,629	4%
Hydrochlorothiazide; Lisinopril	13,559,564	2.3%
Spironolactone	13,354,566	2.3%
Atenolol	12,860,512	2.2%
Clonidine	9,867,547	1.7%
Diltiazem	9,787,089	1.7%
Propranolol	8,470,628	1.5%
Hydrochlorothiazide; Losartan	7,948,927	1.4%
Hydralazine	6,663,221	1.2%
Isosorbide	5,795,199	1%
Valsartan	5,173,072	0.9%
Hydrochlorothiazide; Triamterene	4,783,812	0.8%
Chlorthalidone	4,707,842	0.8%
Nifedipine	4,657,309	0.8%
Olmesartan	4,458,454	0.8%
Benazepril	4,374,520	0.8%
Irbesartan	4,028,833	0.7%
Verapamil	3,936,379	0.7%
Nitroglycerin	3,483,186	0.6%
Amlodipine; Benazepril	3,434,364	0.6%
Sildenafil	2,963,292	0.5%
Flecainide	2,707,962	0.5%
Prazosin	2,675,264	0.5%
Ramipril	2,466,660	0.4%
Amiodarone	2,445,496	0.4%
Doxazosin	2,303,045	0.4%
Labetalol	2,301,339	0.4%
Terazosin	2,285,080	0.4%
Torsemide	2,257,787	0.4%
Sacubitril; Valsartan	2,212,117	0.4%
Hydrochlorothiazide; Valsartan	1,914,068	0.3%
Digoxin	1,905,634	0.3%
Nebivolol	1,889,275	0.3%
Telmisartan	1,750,582	0.3%
Epinephrine	1,730,367	0.3%
Quinapril	1,671,491	0.3%
Ranolazine	1,651,335	0.3%
Phenytoin	1,616,629	0.3%
Tadalafil	1,615,969	0.3%
Bisoprolol	1,467,219	0.3%
Bumetanide	1,383,117	0.2%
Hydrochlorothiazide; Olmesartan	1,263,816	0.2%
Bisoprolol; Hydrochlorothiazide	1,205,617	0.2%
Sotalol	1,121,291	0.2%
Isosorbide Dinitrate	1,084,169	0.2%
Guanfacine	1,082,831	0.2%
Enalapril	809,323	0.1%
Alfuzosin	760,932	0.1%
Nadolol	738,628	0.1%
Felodipine	629,541	0.1%
Phenylephrine	66,296	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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