Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2022

Total Prescriptions in (2022)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2022)	Percent Share
Meloxicam	18,859,721	30.9%
Ibuprofen	17,493,911	28.7%
Diclofenac	12,480,263	20.5%
Naproxen	7,381,940	12.1%
Ketorolac	1,681,242	2.8%
Nabumetone	1,463,756	2.4%
Indomethacin	1,097,589	1.8%
Sulindac	260,923	0.4%
Etodolac	257,226	0.4%
Diclofenac; Misoprostol	25,434	0%
Oxaprozin	11,605	0%
Piroxicam	4,972	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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