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

Variable Name: TC1S1_1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUT SUB-SUB-CLASS FOR TC1S1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 434
End: 436

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
1,843
28,966,802
-1 INAPPLICABLE
67,910
1,014,712,252
59 MISCELLANEOUS ANALGESICS
442
5,984,655
60 NARCOTIC ANALGESICS
2,642
38,844,135
61 NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
3,371
52,992,750
62 SALICYLATES
1,046
14,201,059
63 ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS
87
1,191,587
69 BENZODIAZEPINES
1,076
19,430,528
70 MISCELLANEOUS ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES AND H
3,298
52,583,856
89 ANTICHOLINERGICS/ANTISPASMODICS
197
2,909,293
102 CONTRACEPTIVES
1,533
33,670,861
137 TOPICAL ANTI-INFECTIVES
25
572,773
138 TOPICAL STEROIDS
1,121
16,812,501
139 TOPICAL ANESTHETICS
93
1,053,098
141 TOPICAL STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
91
1,470,861
143 TOPICAL ACNE AGENTS
360
6,659,628
154 LOOP DIURETICS
1,914
23,102,727
155 POTASSIUM-SPARING DIURETICS
885
12,777,046
156 THIAZIDE DIURETICS
2,745
37,318,623
157 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS
33
435,624
159 FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
524
7,869,738
160 SECOND GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
46
783,927
161 THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
203
3,436,646
163 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFECTIVES
543
9,055,356
164 OPHTHALMIC GLAUCOMA AGENTS
1,712
23,807,007
165 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS
351
4,654,158
166 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
109
1,568,232
167 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
186
2,425,877
168 OPHTHALMIC LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS
91
1,042,128
169 MISCELLANEOUS OPHTHALMIC AGENTS
211
2,796,138
170 OTIC ANTI-INFECTIVES
42
680,971
171 OTIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
60
1,080,354
173 HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
14,104
198,034,150
174 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
112
1,378,689
178 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS
2,510
37,733,558
180 ADRENERGIC BRONCHODILATORS
4,222
60,528,731
181 BRONCHODILATOR COMBINATIONS
2,738
37,647,518
182 ANDROGENS AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS
325
5,372,765
183 ESTROGENS
727
11,561,547
185 PROGESTINS
320
5,570,117
191 NARCOTIC ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS
2,607
35,317,934
193 ANTIMIGRAINE AGENTS
550
9,759,990
195 5HT3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
709
12,503,158
196 PHENOTHIAZINE ANTIEMETICS
203
2,843,863
197 ANTICHOLINERGIC ANTIEMETICS
338
5,168,664
198 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIEMETICS
78
1,116,508
201 BARBITURATE ANTICONVULSANTS
115
1,566,784
203 BENZODIAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS
1,488
21,240,366
204 MISCELLANEOUS ANTICONVULSANTS
4
63,733
208 SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
7,774
132,024,489
209 TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
803
11,075,289
211 PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS
1,251
18,100,698
213 SULFONYLUREAS
1,501
23,707,665
214 BIGUANIDES
5,794
85,693,171
215 INSULIN
3,507
47,689,333
217 BISPHOSPHONATES
528
6,988,065
224 AMINOPENICILLINS
1,242
23,587,819
225 BETA-LACTAMASE INHIBITORS
554
9,831,526
226 NATURAL PENICILLINS
77
1,240,696
229 PURINE NUCLEOSIDES
717
11,102,528
235 POLYENES
65
890,102
236 AZOLE ANTIFUNGALS
214
3,229,317
237 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIFUNGALS
80
1,181,010
238 ANTIMALARIAL QUINOLINES
314
4,487,557
239 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIMALARIALS
585
8,823,028
241 FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVES
632
9,202,007
244 NASAL LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS
21
276,691
245 NASAL STEROIDS
1,309
18,373,036
246 NASAL ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTANTS
353
4,782,233
248 TOPICAL EMOLLIENTS
81
931,570
262 COUMARINS AND INDANDIONES
455
5,793,664
267 OPHTHALMIC ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTAN
152
1,671,764
271 THIAZOLIDINEDIONES
297
4,381,831
274 CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS
5,119
73,167,653
275 NON-CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS
1,430
18,707,412
276 DOPAMINERGIC ANTIPARKINSONISM AGENTS
431
5,349,311
278 COX-2 INHIBITORS
425
6,190,144
281 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS
58
1,207,283
285 FACTOR XA INHIBITORS
2,076
27,573,652
290 TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS
209
3,544,426
292 TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS
526
8,210,564
296 INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS
404
5,474,052
299 ANTICHOLINERGIC BRONCHODILATORS
338
3,898,028
301 GLUCOCORTICOIDS
1,758
26,364,204
304 MACROLIDES
601
10,557,180
306 PHENYLPIPERAZINE ANTIDEPRESSANTS
1,671
24,708,571
307 TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
457
6,977,141
308 SSNRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
2,404
33,943,708
311 DIBENZAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS
284
4,450,759
316 CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITORS
622
9,686,244
327 ANTIVIRAL COMBINATIONS
454
7,687,525
341 ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS
2,025
30,815,378
345 FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE ANTICONVULSANTS
218
3,442,918
347 GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ANALOGS
4,133
54,608,646
348 TRIAZINE ANTICONVULSANTS
649
10,895,179
350 PYRROLIDINE ANTICONVULSANTS
431
6,904,402
351 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR ANTICONVULSA
516
9,619,220
371 DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 4 INHIBITORS
500
6,330,187
373 INCRETIN MIMETICS
2,969
45,107,231
381 TOPICAL DEPIGMENTING AGENTS
45
835,288
382 TOPICAL ANTIHISTAMINES
4
45,761
385 GROUP I ANTIARRHYTHMICS
230
3,149,349
386 GROUP II ANTIARRHYTHMICS
671
9,942,279
387 GROUP III ANTIARRHYTHMICS
300
4,055,008
388 GROUP IV ANTIARRHYTHMICS
665
9,382,495
389 GROUP V ANTIARRHYTHMICS
79
1,080,818
394 TOPICAL ASTRINGENTS
3
20,563
448 TOPICAL NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES
347
4,543,567
450 TOPICAL ANTINEOPLASTICS
78
1,073,273
453 TOPICAL RUBEFACIENT
20
160,957
455 GUANYLATE CYCLASE-C AGONISTS
209
2,817,174
458 SGLT-2 INHIBITORS
1,742
25,518,758
461 TOPICAL ANTI-ROSACEA AGENTS
73
949,631
467 ACE INHIBITORS WITH THIAZIDES
848
11,472,474
470 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIO
2
7,722
473 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS WITH THIAZIDES
854
12,413,861
475 POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS WITH THIAZIDE
434
5,806,865
476 ACE INHIBITORS WITH CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCK
212
2,681,344
484 PCSK9 INHIBITORS
154
2,633,257
502 CGRP INHIBITORS
351
7,045,068
TOTAL
192,275
2,858,420,881


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