Respiratory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Albuterol	61,948,348	27.1%
Montelukast	31,984,480	14%
Fluticasone	24,777,490	10.8%
Cetirizine	13,125,543	5.7%
Fluticasone; Salmeterol	11,577,409	5.1%
Budesonide; Formoterol	11,114,690	4.9%
Hydroxyzine	10,058,837	4.4%
Loratadine	9,914,366	4.3%
Tiotropium	5,933,058	2.6%
Fluticasone; Vilanterol	5,678,546	2.5%
Albuterol; Ipratropium	3,967,937	1.7%
Benzonatate	3,689,272	1.6%
Levocetirizine	3,108,431	1.4%
Diphenhydramine	2,614,774	1.1%
Budesonide	2,337,016	1%
Promethazine	2,309,125	1%
Beclomethasone	2,184,210	1%
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	2,125,888	0.9%
Mometasone	1,954,899	0.9%
Umeclidinium	1,763,098	0.8%
Epinephrine	1,730,367	0.8%
Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	1,668,008	0.7%
Fexofenadine	1,665,749	0.7%
Sodium Salts	1,336,356	0.6%
Formoterol; Mometasone	1,218,644	0.5%
Guaifenesin	849,134	0.4%
Cyproheptadine	764,686	0.3%
Olodaterol; Tiotropium	724,693	0.3%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin	703,036	0.3%
Dextromethorphan; Promethazine	654,636	0.3%
Ciclesonide	627,248	0.3%
Loratadine; Pseudoephedrine	570,979	0.2%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Pseudoephedrine	556,973	0.2%
Levalbuterol	541,959	0.2%
Codeine; Guaifenesin	415,672	0.2%
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	386,927	0.2%
Codeine	325,313	0.1%
Codeine; Promethazine	297,893	0.1%
Pseudoephedrine	278,351	0.1%
Chlophedianol; Pseudoephedrine; Pyrilamine	195,776	0.1%
Desloratadine	186,453	0.1%
Chlorpheniramine	148,430	0.1%
Guaifenesin; Pseudoephedrine	108,699	0%
Dextromethorphan	71,074	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	68,248	0%
Phenylephrine	66,296	0%
Homatropine; Hydrocodone	49,346	0%
Cetirizine; Pseudoephedrine	43,538	0%
Doxylamine; Phenylephrine	40,571	0%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	40,347	0%
Chlophedianol; Pyrilamine	38,469	0%
Triprolidine	35,121	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	27,302	0%
Chlophedianol; Dexbrompheniramine; Pseudoephedrine	26,216	0%
Dexchlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	22,897	0%
Brompheniramine; Phenylephrine	20,355	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Hydrocodone	13,840	0%
Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	3,810	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2022.08. 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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