Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2019

Total Prescriptions in (2019)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2019)	Percent Share
Ibuprofen	21,746,703	30.4%
Meloxicam	21,459,849	30%
Naproxen	11,762,234	16.5%
Diclofenac	10,115,975	14.1%
Ketorolac	1,602,924	2.2%
Indomethacin	1,574,457	2.2%
Nabumetone	1,211,008	1.7%
Etodolac	712,628	1%
Ibuprofen; Famotidine	416,323	0.6%
Piroxicam	405,479	0.6%
Sulindac	318,884	0.4%
Diflunisal	116,623	0.2%
Diclofenac; Misoprostol	34,517	0%
Flurbiprofen	21,338	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2019. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2021.10. 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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