Respiratory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2023

Total Prescriptions in (2023)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2023)	Percent Share
Albuterol	59,546,183	29.4%
Montelukast	25,893,502	12.8%
Fluticasone	21,041,608	10.4%
Hydroxyzine	15,272,377	7.6%
Cetirizine	11,399,498	5.6%
Fluticasone; Salmeterol	10,648,080	5.3%
Budesonide; Formoterol	9,346,242	4.6%
Loratadine	6,699,690	3.3%
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	5,533,175	2.7%
Benzonatate	5,225,511	2.6%
Fluticasone; Vilanterol	4,032,316	2%
Levocetirizine	3,461,898	1.7%
Budesonide	3,366,338	1.7%
Tiotropium	3,305,177	1.6%
Albuterol; Ipratropium	2,727,765	1.3%
Fexofenadine	1,951,572	1%
Sodium Salts	1,698,018	0.8%
Promethazine	1,611,034	0.8%
Cyproheptadine	1,522,003	0.8%
Epinephrine	1,248,426	0.6%
Dextromethorphan; Promethazine	1,195,582	0.6%
Codeine; Guaifenesin	972,224	0.5%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Pseudoephedrine	748,650	0.4%
Diphenhydramine	707,624	0.3%
Guaifenesin	511,688	0.3%
Pseudoephedrine	497,308	0.2%
Loratadine; Pseudoephedrine	408,298	0.2%
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	321,775	0.2%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin	215,014	0.1%
Codeine	202,788	0.1%
Chlorpheniramine	202,413	0.1%
Codeine; Promethazine	139,261	0.1%
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	82,066	0%
Hydrocodone	79,852	0%
Carbinoxamine	67,462	0%
Homatropine; Hydrocodone	67,363	0%
Desloratadine	63,288	0%
Triprolidine	61,711	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	34,304	0%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	29,387	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	27,074	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Pseudoephedrine	23,464	0%
Chlophedianol; Pyrilamine	22,236	0%
Dextromethorphan	15,611	0%
Hydrocodone; Chlorpheniramine	10,639	0%

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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