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MEPS HC 254A CODEBOOK
2024 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 4, 2026

Variable Name: TC1S1_1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUT SUB-SUB-CLASS FOR TC1S1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 443
End: 445

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
2,077
32,045,434
-1 INAPPLICABLE
73,136
1,090,713,820
59 MISCELLANEOUS ANALGESICS
443
6,458,242
60 NARCOTIC ANALGESICS
2,656
36,422,053
61 NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
3,402
52,241,175
62 SALICYLATES
1,023
12,929,133
63 ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS
93
1,373,864
69 BENZODIAZEPINES
1,077
15,795,443
70 MISCELLANEOUS ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES AND H
3,509
53,432,644
89 ANTICHOLINERGICS/ANTISPASMODICS
214
3,075,940
102 CONTRACEPTIVES
1,519
35,980,509
137 TOPICAL ANTI-INFECTIVES
24
468,212
138 TOPICAL STEROIDS
1,061
16,137,973
139 TOPICAL ANESTHETICS
86
1,182,091
140 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICAL AGENTS
113
1,625,608
141 TOPICAL STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
114
1,880,842
143 TOPICAL ACNE AGENTS
433
7,692,018
154 LOOP DIURETICS
1,877
23,932,367
155 POTASSIUM-SPARING DIURETICS
912
13,427,857
156 THIAZIDE DIURETICS
2,731
37,837,586
157 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS
51
855,440
159 FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
545
8,216,857
160 SECOND GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
39
609,282
161 THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS
253
4,197,425
163 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFECTIVES
609
9,879,120
164 OPHTHALMIC GLAUCOMA AGENTS
1,795
24,370,005
165 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS
395
5,594,558
166 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
92
1,277,031
167 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
224
3,183,989
168 OPHTHALMIC LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS
180
2,395,797
169 MISCELLANEOUS OPHTHALMIC AGENTS
259
3,594,487
170 OTIC ANTI-INFECTIVES
48
943,597
171 OTIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES
57
1,069,281
173 HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
14,676
205,987,341
178 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS
2,664
37,227,540
180 ADRENERGIC BRONCHODILATORS
4,447
63,307,455
181 BRONCHODILATOR COMBINATIONS
2,791
36,549,957
182 ANDROGENS AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS
444
7,843,493
183 ESTROGENS
818
13,092,040
185 PROGESTINS
326
5,468,709
191 NARCOTIC ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS
2,316
32,136,813
193 ANTIMIGRAINE AGENTS
619
9,467,843
195 5HT3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
805
13,794,024
196 PHENOTHIAZINE ANTIEMETICS
215
2,863,256
197 ANTICHOLINERGIC ANTIEMETICS
363
4,755,481
198 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIEMETICS
126
2,134,983
201 BARBITURATE ANTICONVULSANTS
29
525,413
203 BENZODIAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS
1,669
25,669,446
204 MISCELLANEOUS ANTICONVULSANTS
4
58,708
208 SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
8,101
136,169,237
209 TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
774
11,965,552
211 PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS
1,325
17,391,827
213 SULFONYLUREAS
1,355
17,965,117
214 BIGUANIDES
5,660
82,567,253
215 INSULIN
3,910
56,446,262
217 BISPHOSPHONATES
728
9,289,761
224 AMINOPENICILLINS
1,386
24,997,715
225 BETA-LACTAMASE INHIBITORS
578
9,700,116
226 NATURAL PENICILLINS
60
985,827
229 PURINE NUCLEOSIDES
620
9,884,889
235 POLYENES
39
573,558
236 AZOLE ANTIFUNGALS
243
3,466,881
237 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIFUNGALS
84
1,372,774
238 ANTIMALARIAL QUINOLINES
327
4,708,302
239 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIMALARIALS
654
9,807,852
241 FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVES
548
8,310,876
244 NASAL LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS
23
313,883
245 NASAL STEROIDS
1,261
19,409,307
246 NASAL ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTANTS
417
6,388,002
248 TOPICAL EMOLLIENTS
103
1,377,729
262 COUMARINS AND INDANDIONES
522
6,951,089
267 OPHTHALMIC ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTAN
123
1,618,552
271 THIAZOLIDINEDIONES
339
4,851,830
274 CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS
5,393
72,940,183
275 NON-CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS
1,453
18,497,777
276 DOPAMINERGIC ANTIPARKINSONISM AGENTS
396
6,009,691
278 COX-2 INHIBITORS
600
8,925,992
281 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS
89
2,075,218
285 FACTOR XA INHIBITORS
2,251
29,280,697
290 TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS
263
4,468,897
292 TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS
579
9,687,746
296 INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS
430
7,094,434
299 ANTICHOLINERGIC BRONCHODILATORS
318
4,456,625
301 GLUCOCORTICOIDS
1,969
30,311,019
304 MACROLIDES
693
11,841,831
306 PHENYLPIPERAZINE ANTIDEPRESSANTS
1,701
26,159,532
307 TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
469
5,605,882
308 SSNRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
2,592
38,535,296
311 DIBENZAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS
274
4,118,058
316 CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITORS
784
10,693,932
327 ANTIVIRAL COMBINATIONS
405
6,726,928
341 ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS
1,950
29,469,720
345 FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE ANTICONVULSANTS
186
2,837,435
347 GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ANALOGS
4,306
59,126,055
348 TRIAZINE ANTICONVULSANTS
753
12,624,285
350 PYRROLIDINE ANTICONVULSANTS
362
5,508,579
351 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR ANTICONVULSA
496
8,077,537
371 DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 4 INHIBITORS
555
6,638,560
373 INCRETIN MIMETICS
4,426
70,550,792
381 TOPICAL DEPIGMENTING AGENTS
58
1,025,108
382 TOPICAL ANTIHISTAMINES
1
27,555
385 GROUP I ANTIARRHYTHMICS
236
3,017,996
386 GROUP II ANTIARRHYTHMICS
660
10,471,749
387 GROUP III ANTIARRHYTHMICS
236
2,937,276
388 GROUP IV ANTIARRHYTHMICS
674
9,936,830
389 GROUP V ANTIARRHYTHMICS
80
1,133,561
441 CALCINEURIN INHIBITORS
86
1,784,213
443 INTERLEUKIN INHIBITORS
351
5,955,781
444 SELECTIVE IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS
165
2,276,517
448 TOPICAL NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES
341
4,579,933
450 TOPICAL ANTINEOPLASTICS
65
798,275
453 TOPICAL RUBEFACIENT
13
345,732
455 GUANYLATE CYCLASE-C AGONISTS
198
2,163,073
458 SGLT-2 INHIBITORS
2,186
29,768,047
461 TOPICAL ANTI-ROSACEA AGENTS
103
1,574,620
467 ACE INHIBITORS WITH THIAZIDES
746
9,469,509
470 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIO
10
105,203
473 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS WITH THIAZIDES
770
10,014,389
475 POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS WITH THIAZIDE
331
4,440,460
476 ACE INHIBITORS WITH CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCK
196
2,639,447
484 PCSK9 INHIBITORS
223
3,521,049
502 CGRP INHIBITORS
589
10,964,835
TOTAL
204,550
3,029,450,238


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