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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