C21 · Pharmaceuticals · United States
Prescription medicine use
United States: 210 billion days of therapy in 2025.
- 210 billion days of therapy Latest · United States · 2025
- Annual Release cadence
- 1 Record · 1 region · 2025
Verified 15 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period 2026
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Prescription medicine use
United States, 2025
Every record
1 record · 1 region · 2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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How this measure is built
- Definition
- Total volume of prescription medicines used measured in days of therapy.
- Measure
- One slice of Medicine use ( form: level, segment: prescription ) . Total volume or quantity of medicines utilized by a population. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
- Limitations
- Values are shown as published; StatOrigin does not revise, fill gaps or convert currencies.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026 | IQVIA | — | 1 |
Other slices of medicine use
- Per capita medicine use compound annual growth rate 4 per capita
- Medicine use compound annual growth rate 2
- Five-year cumulative medicine use growth 1 cumulative
- Medicine usage index 1
- Medicine use index (2020=100) 1
- Non-retail share of medicine use 1 non retail
- Prescription medicine use growth 1 prescription
- Prescription medicine use growth (5-year) 1 prescription
- Retail share of medicine use 1 retail
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest prescription medicine use?
United States: 210 billion days of therapy in 2025.
Where does this data come from?
From 1 document published by IQVIA. Every figure on this page links to its record, which preserves the original source evidence.
How often is it updated?
Annual. The newest published period is 2025; the next release should cover 2026. A new figure appears here once the publisher releases it and it passes verification.
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StatOrigin. (2026). Prescription medicine use [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/indicators/prescription-medicine-use
"Prescription medicine use." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/prescription-medicine-use. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
StatOrigin. "Prescription medicine use." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/indicators/prescription-medicine-use.
@misc{statorigin_prescription_medicine_use_2026, title = {Prescription medicine use}, author = {{StatOrigin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://statorigin.org/indicators/prescription-medicine-use}, note = {Data set. Accessed 2026-10-28} }