ClinCalc DrugStats 2021 Update – The Most Commonly Prescribed Drugs in the United StatesClinCalc has released this year’s update to the DrugStats database—“The Top 200 Drugs of 2019”. DrugStats provides free access to prescription drug utilization data estimates for the Uni...
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Top 10 most commonly prescribed drugs?---what our 10 most common prescription drugs reveal about America's health?
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The thyroid drug levothyroxine continues to be the most prescribed drug in the United States, and the antipsychotic aripiprazole continues to have the most sales, new data indicate.
Diazepam, commonly known by the brand name Valium, is a Benzodiazepine often prescribed to treat anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizures. Some underestimate the danger of Diazepam misuse due to its widespread availability, but long-term abuse of the substance can cause side effects like sleeping probl...
Ranked: The Most Prescribed Drugs in the U.S. Every day, millions of people in the U.S. take prescribed drugs to help them live their lives. As our understanding of medicine has evolved, we’ve been able to develop drugs to aid with some of the most common medical conditions—from pai...
It was a win-win campaign. By 1992, Premarin was the most commonly prescribed drug in the US. Thanks to decades of marketing about the horrors of aging, post menopausal women were terrified of losing their sexual attractiveness without estrogen replacement. And because health “experts” were re...
Glucophage drugs round up the top 7 but the prescription rate of this drug is rapidly increasing. It makes up about 7% of the top prescribed medications. It is the first-line drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, in particular, in overweight and obese people. It also...
Statins are drugs that reduce cholesterol levels in the body and, in that way, help reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Atorvastatin and simvastatin are some of the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering medications. Used in combination with a proper diet, atorvastatin lowers bad ...