Upper Respiratory Combinations

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin	703,036	15.9%
Dextromethorphan; Promethazine	654,636	14.8%
Loratadine; Pseudoephedrine	570,979	12.9%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Pseudoephedrine	556,973	12.6%
Codeine; Guaifenesin	415,672	9.4%
Fexofenadine; Pseudoephedrine	386,927	8.7%
Codeine; Promethazine	297,893	6.7%
Chlophedianol; Pseudoephedrine; Pyrilamine	195,776	4.4%
Chlorpheniramine	148,430	3.3%
Guaifenesin; Pseudoephedrine	108,699	2.5%
Chlorpheniramine; Phenylephrine	68,248	1.5%
Homatropine; Hydrocodone	49,346	1.1%
Cetirizine; Pseudoephedrine	43,538	1%
Doxylamine; Phenylephrine	40,571	0.9%
Brompheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	40,347	0.9%
Chlophedianol; Pyrilamine	38,469	0.9%
Dextromethorphan; Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	27,302	0.6%
Chlophedianol; Dexbrompheniramine; Pseudoephedrine	26,216	0.6%
Dexchlorpheniramine; Dextromethorphan; Phenylephrine	22,897	0.5%
Brompheniramine; Phenylephrine	20,355	0.5%
Chlorpheniramine; Hydrocodone	13,840	0.3%
Guaifenesin; Phenylephrine	3,810	0.1%

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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