Respiratory Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2022

Total Prescriptions in (2022)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2022)	Percent Share
Albuterol	59,075,270	28.2%
Montelukast	29,187,952	13.9%
Fluticasone	22,557,459	10.8%
Cetirizine	13,899,342	6.6%
Hydroxyzine	13,652,752	6.5%
Fluticasone; Salmeterol	11,570,694	5.5%
Loratadine	9,230,348	4.4%
Budesonide; Formoterol	8,225,093	3.9%
Benzonatate	4,735,583	2.3%
Fluticasone; Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	3,919,608	1.9%
Fluticasone; Vilanterol	3,879,209	1.9%
Levocetirizine	3,646,727	1.7%
Tiotropium	3,585,223	1.7%
Budesonide	2,800,250	1.3%
Albuterol; Ipratropium	2,771,011	1.3%
Promethazine	2,149,358	1%
Umeclidinium; Vilanterol	1,875,874	0.9%
Sodium Salts	1,776,481	0.8%
Epinephrine	1,458,094	0.7%
Fexofenadine	1,095,266	0.5%
Diphenhydramine	1,091,279	0.5%
Dextromethorphan; Promethazine	1,088,232	0.5%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Pseudoephedrine	1,039,412	0.5%
Codeine; Guaifenesin	862,861	0.4%
Loratadine; Pseudoephedrine	506,937	0.2%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin	487,450	0.2%
Chlorpheniramine	487,007	0.2%
Cyproheptadine	473,480	0.2%
Guaifenesin	450,288	0.2%
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	342,583	0.2%
Pseudoephedrine	329,385	0.2%
Desloratadine	241,068	0.1%
Codeine; Promethazine	181,218	0.1%
Dextromethorphan	158,061	0.1%
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	107,375	0.1%
Dexbrompheniramine	61,238	0%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	54,843	0%
Homatropine; Hydrocodone	45,484	0%
Hydrocodone; Chlorpheniramine	39,773	0%
Dexchlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	36,371	0%
Triprolidine	31,768	0%
Guaifenesin; Pseudoephedrine	30,783	0%
Chlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	30,391	0%
Codeine; Phenylephrine; Promethazine	26,799	0%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	19,849	0%
Dexbrompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	17,778	0%
Dextromethorphan; Pheniramine; Phenylephrine	16,261	0%
Pseudoephedrine; Triprolidine	13,177	0%
Chlorcyclizine; Pseudoephedrine	10,928	0%
Cetirizine; Pseudoephedrine	9,084	0%
Dexbrompheniramine; Phenylephrine	7,498	0%
Brompheniramine; Phenylephrine	6,062	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2022. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2024.08. 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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