Respiratory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2024

Total Prescriptions in (2024)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2024)	Percent Share
Albuterol	61,972,758	29.3%
Montelukast	25,780,477	12.2%
Fluticasone	22,934,061	10.8%
Hydroxyzine	14,857,241	7%
Cetirizine	14,363,215	6.8%
Fluticasone; Salmeterol	8,986,327	4.2%
Loratadine	6,962,604	3.3%
Budesonide; Formoterol	6,811,071	3.2%
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	6,642,603	3.1%
Benzonatate	4,617,061	2.2%
Levocetirizine	4,423,399	2.1%
Fluticasone; Vilanterol	3,798,121	1.8%
Albuterol; Ipratropium	3,785,663	1.8%
Tiotropium	3,084,835	1.5%
Budesonide	2,598,103	1.2%
Promethazine	2,216,343	1%
Budesonide; Glycopyrrolate; Formoterol	2,060,690	1%
Epinephrine	1,835,103	0.9%
Dextromethorphan; Promethazine	1,773,420	0.8%
Fexofenadine	1,556,204	0.7%
Sodium Salts	1,424,676	0.7%
Cyproheptadine	1,222,741	0.6%
Codeine; Guaifenesin	1,017,179	0.5%
Diphenhydramine	913,286	0.4%
Levalbuterol	897,717	0.4%
Beclomethasone	754,576	0.4%
Loratadine; Pseudoephedrine	754,456	0.4%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Pseudoephedrine	702,500	0.3%
Desloratadine	409,405	0.2%
Guaifenesin	391,105	0.2%
Pseudoephedrine	371,195	0.2%
Chlorpheniramine	335,410	0.2%
Dextromethorphan	326,898	0.2%
Triprolidine	145,452	0.1%
Homatropine; Hydrocodone	128,787	0.1%
Phenylephrine	82,249	0%
Dextromethorphan; Triprolidine	79,404	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	69,747	0%
Chlophedianol; Pyrilamine	62,607	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin	45,121	0%
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	40,611	0%
Codeine; Promethazine	39,189	0%
Carbinoxamine	36,467	0%
Dexbrompheniramine	33,859	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	30,160	0%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	28,853	0%
Dexbrompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	19,157	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	18,373	0%
Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine; Pyrilamine	17,542	0%
Hydrocodone	15,672	0%
Hydrocodone; Chlorpheniramine	14,274	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Pseudoephedrine	6,963	0%
Chlophedianol; Dexbrompheniramine; Pseudoephedrine	5,097	0%
Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	3,269	0%
Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine; Triprolidine	2,319	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2014-2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2026.08. 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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