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MEPS HC-229A CODEBOOK
2021 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 9, 2023

Variable Name: TC1S1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUTIC SUB-CLASS #1 FOR TC1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 444
End: 446

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
8,466
86,619,831
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,965
74,687,190
2 AMEBICIDES
233
2,439,584
4 ANTIFUNGALS
495
5,502,266
5 ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS
1,302
13,849,874
7 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
1,716
17,507,696
9 CEPHALOSPORINS
945
10,296,867
11 MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES
720
7,850,637
13 PENICILLINS
1,944
23,628,520
14 QUINOLONES
588
6,037,308
15 SULFONAMIDES
454
4,905,135
16 TETRACYCLINES
190
1,996,214
17 URINARY ANTI-INFECTIVES
439
4,836,317
19 ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
23,840
228,058,630
23 ANTIMETABOLITES
479
4,535,874
24 ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONES
1,044
9,895,522
25 MISCELLANEOUS ANTINEOPLASTICS
118
1,497,721
34 IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC BIOLOGICALS
34
476,668
41 AGENTS FOR HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIES
1
5,244
42 ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
10,117
97,996,868
43 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, PERIPHERALLY ACTING
3,323
31,479,144
44 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, CENTRALLY ACTING
1,060
10,385,391
45 ANTIANGINAL AGENTS
1,090
10,355,179
46 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
3,044
28,412,930
47 BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS
11,327
106,334,493
48 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENTS
8,843
78,856,007
49 DIURETICS
9,978
90,057,180
51 MISCELLANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
104
750,258
53 VASODILATORS
752
6,597,179
54 VASOPRESSORS
166
1,910,982
55 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIONS
4,105
39,802,592
56 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS
7,183
71,091,660
58 ANALGESICS
19,048
177,354,497
64 ANTICONVULSANTS
13,408
128,402,711
65 ANTIEMETIC/ANTIVERTIGO AGENTS
2,164
20,566,438
66 ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS
853
8,476,359
67 ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES, AND HYPNOTICS
6,322
58,718,585
71 CNS STIMULANTS
5,016
66,037,893
73 MUSCLE RELAXANTS
3,983
36,698,779
80 MISCELLANEOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENT
303
3,271,227
82 ANTICOAGULANTS
4,230
39,580,264
83 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS
2,060
18,840,475
88 ANTACIDS
320
2,454,526
90 ANTIDIARRHEALS
209
1,863,405
91 DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
141
1,501,761
94 H2 ANTAGONISTS
1,548
13,358,821
95 LAXATIVES
1,201
10,782,735
96 MISCELLANEOUS GI AGENTS
322
3,244,477
98 ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS
2,948
30,424,002
99 ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS
25,322
235,247,681
101 SEX HORMONES
4,952
69,174,640
103 THYROID HORMONES
9,412
97,256,777
116 IRON PRODUCTS
1,117
9,557,013
117 MINERALS AND ELECTROLYTES
2,605
22,466,491
119 VITAMINS
5,076
48,391,432
120 VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMBINATIONS
962
9,087,996
123 ANTIHISTAMINES
3,162
28,696,418
124 ANTITUSSIVES
373
3,592,378
125 BRONCHODILATORS
12,012
109,011,312
127 DECONGESTANTS
36
295,652
128 EXPECTORANTS
110
695,138
130 RESPIRATORY INHALANT PRODUCTS
931
9,195,112
132 UPPER RESPIRATORY COMBINATIONS
371
3,880,833
135 ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDES
141
1,552,812
136 DERMATOLOGICAL AGENTS
4,843
51,199,603
147 OPHTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
5,170
48,063,125
148 OTIC PREPARATIONS
174
1,845,448
192 ANTIRHEUMATICS
198
1,690,110
194 ANTIGOUT AGENTS
1,830
18,353,376
219 NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
566
4,817,672
220 HERBAL PRODUCTS
180
2,279,527
240 LINCOMYCIN DERIVATIVES
250
2,429,797
243 LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS
3,100
30,996,713
247 NASAL PREPARATIONS
2,723
25,422,751
249 ANTIDEPRESSANTS
19,059
199,578,435
251 ANTIPSYCHOTICS
3,344
32,771,539
264 URINARY ANTISPASMODICS
1,443
12,877,337
266 MISCELLANEOUS GENITOURINARY TRACT AGENTS
55
781,559
272 PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
9,998
92,014,714
277 5-AMINOSALICYLATES
374
3,809,630
288 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
901
8,254,453
293 GLUCOSE ELEVATING AGENTS
18
57,193
303 AGENTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
619
6,781,506
313 CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
547
4,950,425
320 SMOKING CESSATION AGENTS
2,612
29,855,801
355 FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDER AGENTS
834
7,636,259
363 PROBIOTICS
15
126,297
378 DRUGS USED IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
112
1,343,281
397 MULTIKINASE INHIBITORS
25
232,535
403 MTOR INHIBITORS
20
200,025
409 BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORS
957
8,447,403
422 ANTITHYROID AGENTS
181
1,687,616
460 PHOSPHATE BINDERS
28
96,380
482 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS AND NEPRILY
343
2,591,807
488 ANTICOAGULANT REVERSAL AGENTS
5
40,818
516 NORADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR ADHD
147
1,948,141
TOTAL
303,394
2,951,516,876


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