Laxatives

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2023

Total Prescriptions in (2023)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2023)	Percent Share
Docusate	3,798,216	34.2%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350	2,491,296	22.4%
Senna; Docusate	1,440,174	13%
Lactulose	966,210	8.7%
Polyethylene Glycol 3350 With Electrolytes	842,998	7.6%
Bisacodyl	481,189	4.3%
Psyllium	407,080	3.7%
Sennosides	385,650	3.5%
Magnesium	275,417	2.5%
Anhydrous Citric Acid; Magnesium Oxide; Sodium Picosulfate	9,111	0.1%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2023. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2025.08. 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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