HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (statins)

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2018

Total Prescriptions in (2018)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2018)	Percent Share
Atorvastatin	112,474,024	51.5%
Simvastatin	48,007,044	22%
Rosuvastatin	24,138,061	11.1%
Pravastatin Sodium	24,022,032	11%
Lovastatin	8,769,144	4%
Pitavastatin	1,024,672	0.5%

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2008-2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 21.1. 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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