Gastrointestinal Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2024

Total Prescriptions in (2024)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2024)	Percent Share
Omeprazole	49,784,461	35.3%
Pantoprazole	34,940,432	24.8%
Famotidine	17,038,530	12.1%
Esomeprazole	5,677,193	4%
Mesalamine	3,385,889	2.4%
Docusate	3,058,223	2.2%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350	2,397,385	1.7%
Lansoprazole	2,231,385	1.6%
Dicyclomine	2,210,375	1.6%
Calcium	2,203,962	1.6%
Linaclotide	2,163,073	1.5%
Metoclopramide	2,134,983	1.5%
Dexlansoprazole	2,022,254	1.4%
Loperamide	1,765,231	1.3%
Sucralfate	1,625,940	1.2%
Pancrelipase Lipase; Pancrelipase Protease; Pancrelipase Amylase	1,512,707	1.1%
Sodium Salts	1,424,676	1%
Senna; Docusate	1,398,549	1%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes	993,989	0.7%
Sennosides	522,264	0.4%
Lactulose	500,694	0.4%
Bisacodyl	427,768	0.3%
Atropine; Diphenoxylate	424,572	0.3%
Magnesium	393,303	0.3%
Psyllium	280,601	0.2%
Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate	189,571	0.1%
Lactobacillus Acidophilus	177,532	0.1%
Saccharomyces Boulardii	40,400	0%
Mineral Oil	32,213	0%
Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic, Anhydrous; Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic, Monohydrate	12,003	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2026.08. 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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