Topical Acne Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2022

Total Prescriptions in (2022)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2022)	Percent Share
Clindamycin	3,855,101	52.3%
Tretinoin	1,495,701	20.3%
Adapalene; Benzoyl Peroxide	478,394	6.5%
Azelate	395,503	5.4%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Clindamycin	299,800	4.1%
Benzoyl Peroxide	278,988	3.8%
Clascoterone	199,512	2.7%
Dapsone	125,394	1.7%
Adapalene	107,442	1.5%
Trifarotene	53,658	0.7%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Erythromycin	45,439	0.6%
Salicylic Acid	18,303	0.2%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Tretinoin	15,002	0.2%

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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Updated Sep 12, 2021

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