Psychotherapeutic Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2023

Total Prescriptions in (2023)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2023)	Percent Share
Sertraline	42,578,019	15.9%
Escitalopram	37,088,585	13.9%
Bupropion	30,349,391	11.4%
Fluoxetine	27,518,944	10.3%
Trazodone	24,708,571	9.3%
Duloxetine	18,067,156	6.8%
Citalopram	14,769,554	5.5%
Venlafaxine	13,234,840	5%
Quetiapine	10,655,018	4%
Paroxetine	9,577,611	3.6%
Amitriptyline	7,568,933	2.8%
Aripiprazole	7,197,548	2.7%
Mirtazapine	6,977,141	2.6%
Doxepin	3,122,268	1.2%
Olanzapine	3,091,702	1.2%
Risperidone	2,865,210	1.1%
Lithium	2,680,152	1%
Desvenlafaxine	2,585,139	1%
Nortriptyline	2,314,282	0.9%

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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Updated Sep 12, 2021

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