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MEPS HC 248A CODEBOOK
2023 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 13, 2025

Variable Name: TC1S1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUTIC SUB-CLASS #1 FOR TC1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 431
End: 433

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
5,070
80,742,802
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,180
75,271,800
2 AMEBICIDES
95
1,469,389
4 ANTIFUNGALS
367
5,389,528
5 ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS
905
13,484,466
7 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
1,359
22,087,909
9 CEPHALOSPORINS
786
12,284,106
11 MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES
601
10,557,180
12 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS
8
136,477
13 PENICILLINS
1,873
34,660,040
14 QUINOLONES
284
4,016,973
15 SULFONAMIDES
285
4,675,187
17 URINARY ANTI-INFECTIVES
313
4,889,422
19 ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
15,781
223,326,375
23 ANTIMETABOLITES
326
4,630,961
24 ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONES
607
8,708,446
25 MISCELLANEOUS ANTINEOPLASTICS
131
2,045,025
42 ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
5,879
85,104,139
43 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, PERIPHERALLY ACTING
343
4,724,822
44 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, CENTRALLY ACTING
641
9,167,086
45 ANTIANGINAL AGENTS
639
8,885,526
46 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
1,945
27,609,948
47 BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS
6,549
91,875,065
48 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENTS
5,202
74,114,815
49 DIURETICS
5,623
74,436,353
51 MISCELLANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
48
594,497
53 VASODILATORS
456
6,353,913
54 VASOPRESSORS
129
2,016,699
55 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIONS
2,488
35,053,075
56 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS
5,281
78,943,334
58 ANALGESICS
11,526
171,604,910
64 ANTICONVULSANTS
8,187
118,839,288
65 ANTIEMETIC/ANTIVERTIGO AGENTS
1,333
21,695,392
66 ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS
431
5,349,311
67 ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES, AND HYPNOTICS
4,374
72,014,384
71 CNS STIMULANTS
3,605
66,602,566
73 MUSCLE RELAXANTS
2,510
37,733,558
80 MISCELLANEOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENT
270
3,923,362
82 ANTICOAGULANTS
2,531
33,367,316
83 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS
1,251
18,100,698
88 ANTACIDS
244
3,394,653
90 ANTIDIARRHEALS
130
2,368,822
91 DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
56
1,076,565
94 H2 ANTAGONISTS
1,092
16,904,206
95 LAXATIVES
764
11,288,202
96 MISCELLANEOUS GI AGENTS
151
1,767,332
98 ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS
1,758
26,364,204
99 ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS
16,973
247,955,203
101 SEX HORMONES
3,044
58,599,643
103 THYROID HORMONES
5,579
86,760,407
106 ANTIDOTES
10
123,390
116 IRON PRODUCTS
775
11,015,023
117 MINERALS AND ELECTROLYTES
1,350
18,248,067
119 VITAMINS
3,088
41,862,980
120 VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMBINATIONS
343
5,316,183
123 ANTIHISTAMINES
1,831
25,429,536
124 ANTITUSSIVES
337
5,241,122
125 BRONCHODILATORS
7,298
102,074,277
127 DECONGESTANTS
41
497,308
128 EXPECTORANTS
42
511,688
130 RESPIRATORY INHALANT PRODUCTS
404
5,474,052
132 UPPER RESPIRATORY COMBINATIONS
271
4,535,228
135 ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDES
60
950,297
136 DERMATOLOGICAL AGENTS
3,260
49,902,387
146 MOUTH AND THROAT PRODUCTS
70
1,132,748
147 OPHTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
3,373
47,276,776
148 OTIC PREPARATIONS
102
1,761,325
151 VAGINAL PREPARATIONS
4
98,669
192 ANTIRHEUMATICS
244
3,900,242
194 ANTIGOUT AGENTS
1,134
16,321,942
219 NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
230
3,371,506
220 HERBAL PRODUCTS
133
2,245,427
240 LINCOMYCIN DERIVATIVES
91
1,347,626
243 LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS
1,679
25,893,502
247 NASAL PREPARATIONS
1,683
23,431,960
249 ANTIDEPRESSANTS
13,109
208,729,198
251 ANTIPSYCHOTICS
2,025
30,815,378
264 URINARY ANTISPASMODICS
881
11,729,637
266 MISCELLANEOUS GENITOURINARY TRACT AGENTS
50
827,434
272 PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
6,248
89,621,036
277 5-AMINOSALICYLATES
266
4,080,189
288 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
684
9,051,953
293 GLUCOSE ELEVATING AGENTS
1
4,481
303 AGENTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
407
6,232,771
312 CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS
46
520,948
313 CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
468
6,022,428
320 SMOKING CESSATION AGENTS
1,810
30,896,722
355 FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDER AGENTS
501
6,908,382
363 PROBIOTICS
4
34,318
397 MULTIKINASE INHIBITORS
7
79,865
401 CD20 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
31
335,650
403 MTOR INHIBITORS
21
542,049
409 BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORS
528
6,988,065
422 ANTITHYROID AGENTS
83
1,128,559
460 PHOSPHATE BINDERS
12
138,814
482 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS AND NEPRILY
186
2,442,362
504 ANTIMANIC AGENTS
165
2,680,152
516 NORADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR ADHD
154
3,431,316
519 ALPHA-ADRENORECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
1,732
24,250,534
TOTAL
192,275
2,858,420,881


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