Gastrointestinal Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Omeprazole	56,300,064	41%
Pantoprazole	26,604,041	19.4%
Famotidine	10,441,964	7.6%
Esomeprazole	5,204,951	3.8%
Dicyclomine	4,060,735	3%
Docusate	3,511,398	2.6%
Ranitidine	3,260,052	2.4%
Sucralfate	2,971,605	2.2%
Mesalamine	2,949,823	2.1%
Lansoprazole	2,623,739	1.9%
Calcium	2,362,576	1.7%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350	2,069,530	1.5%
Linaclotide	1,796,464	1.3%
Pancrelipase Amylase; Pancrelipase Lipase; Pancrelipase Protease	1,607,848	1.2%
Dexlansoprazole	1,576,634	1.1%
Sodium Salts	1,336,356	1%
Sulfasalazine	1,239,553	0.9%
Sennosides	1,199,555	0.9%
Atropine; Diphenoxylate	869,891	0.6%
Loperamide	799,680	0.6%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes	743,833	0.5%
Hyoscyamine	718,310	0.5%
Metoclopramide	642,109	0.5%
Senna; Docusate	545,561	0.4%
Lactulose	424,980	0.3%
Bisacodyl	401,698	0.3%
Psyllium	254,144	0.2%
Lactobacillus Acidophilus	172,470	0.1%
Saccharomyces Boulardii	170,641	0.1%
Anhydrous Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate	140,974	0.1%
Methylcellulose	117,174	0.1%
Aluminum Hydroxide; Magnesium Hydroxide; Simethicone	41,890	0%
Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic, Anhydrous; Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic, Monohydrate	15,845	0%
Aluminum Hydroxide; Dimethicone; Magnesium Hydroxide	11,072	0%
Mineral Oil	8,965	0%
Aluminum Hydroxide	3,330	0%
Glycerin	2,614	0%
Bismuth Subsalicylate	2,046	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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Updated Sep 12, 2021

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