Gastrointestinal Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2022

Total Prescriptions in (2022)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2022)	Percent Share
Omeprazole	52,132,950	40.6%
Pantoprazole	30,670,528	23.9%
Famotidine	13,156,331	10.2%
Esomeprazole	5,207,672	4.1%
Docusate	3,801,798	3%
Dicyclomine	2,924,052	2.3%
Dexlansoprazole	2,454,438	1.9%
Linaclotide	2,378,888	1.9%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350	1,922,665	1.5%
Sucralfate	1,809,437	1.4%
Sodium Salts	1,776,481	1.4%
Lansoprazole	1,652,249	1.3%
Metoclopramide	1,344,932	1%
Pancrelipase Amylase; Pancrelipase Lipase; Pancrelipase Protease	1,197,189	0.9%
Senna; Docusate	1,085,886	0.8%
Lactulose	983,709	0.8%
Calcium	768,264	0.6%
Sennosides	666,134	0.5%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes	628,486	0.5%
Atropine; Diphenoxylate	603,871	0.5%
Loperamide	410,959	0.3%
Bisacodyl	244,752	0.2%
Magnesium	219,466	0.2%
Anhydrous Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate	106,150	0.1%
Saccharomyces Boulardii	76,383	0.1%
Aluminum Hydroxide	62,410	0%
Bismuth Subsalicylate	55,662	0%
Amylase	49,253	0%
Aluminum Hydroxide; Magnesium Carbonate	30,158	0%
Lactobacillus Acidophilus	17,578	0%
Psyllium	15,363	0%
Methylcellulose	9,125	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2022. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2024.08. 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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