Topical Acne Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2023

Total Prescriptions in (2023)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2023)	Percent Share
Clindamycin	3,775,741	47.2%
Tretinoin	2,454,022	30.6%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Clindamycin	371,710	4.6%
Benzoyl Peroxide	351,676	4.4%
Azelate	262,201	3.3%
Salicylic Acid	218,564	2.7%
Adapalene; Benzoyl Peroxide	200,531	2.5%
Dapsone	172,917	2.2%
Adapalene	78,171	1%
Clascoterone	74,465	0.9%
Tretinoin; Niacinamide	32,935	0.4%
Trifarotene	14,319	0.2%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Erythromycin	0	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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