HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (statins)

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Atorvastatin	114,509,815	55.5%
Simvastatin	36,600,871	17.7%
Rosuvastatin	29,750,488	14.4%
Pravastatin	17,549,151	8.5%
Lovastatin	7,033,635	3.4%
Pitavastatin	763,332	0.4%

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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