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

Variable Name: TC1S1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUTIC SUB-CLASS #1 FOR TC1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 440
End: 442

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
4,601
75,419,189
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,234
108,332,123
2 AMEBICIDES
146
2,324,238
4 ANTIFUNGALS
398
6,048,458
5 ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS
981
14,516,155
7 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
1,227
21,034,969
9 CEPHALOSPORINS
867
13,404,964
11 MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES
693
11,841,831
12 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS
2
35,857
13 PENICILLINS
2,028
35,733,066
14 QUINOLONES
302
4,421,358
15 SULFONAMIDES
311
4,636,825
17 URINARY ANTI-INFECTIVES
370
5,500,003
19 ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
16,482
231,858,687
23 ANTIMETABOLITES
342
4,711,348
24 ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONES
616
9,400,640
25 MISCELLANEOUS ANTINEOPLASTICS
108
2,371,625
42 ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
5,394
74,943,275
43 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, PERIPHERALLY ACTING
524
8,264,490
44 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, CENTRALLY ACTING
568
9,235,227
45 ANTIANGINAL AGENTS
620
7,952,925
46 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
1,886
27,497,413
47 BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS
6,846
91,437,960
48 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENTS
5,593
77,366,566
49 DIURETICS
5,644
77,192,733
51 MISCELLANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
51
459,058
53 VASODILATORS
537
7,565,454
54 VASOPRESSORS
176
2,911,851
55 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIONS
2,181
28,446,549
56 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS
5,973
86,102,072
58 ANALGESICS
11,775
171,717,240
64 ANTICONVULSANTS
8,646
127,599,859
65 ANTIEMETIC/ANTIVERTIGO AGENTS
1,530
23,996,859
66 ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS
396
6,009,691
67 ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES, AND HYPNOTICS
4,586
69,228,087
71 CNS STIMULANTS
4,120
77,607,236
73 MUSCLE RELAXANTS
2,664
37,227,540
80 MISCELLANEOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENT
316
3,809,435
82 ANTICOAGULANTS
2,773
36,231,786
83 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS
1,325
17,391,827
88 ANTACIDS
194
2,556,893
90 ANTIDIARRHEALS
130
2,463,643
91 DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
72
1,512,707
94 H2 ANTAGONISTS
1,223
17,038,530
95 LAXATIVES
708
10,362,066
96 MISCELLANEOUS GI AGENTS
142
1,955,895
98 ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS
1,969
30,311,019
99 ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS
18,879
273,649,020
101 SEX HORMONES
3,372
66,879,634
103 THYROID HORMONES
6,046
90,769,369
104 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS
602
10,016,511
106 ANTIDOTES
5
56,836
116 IRON PRODUCTS
779
10,421,728
117 MINERALS AND ELECTROLYTES
1,557
20,605,240
119 VITAMINS
3,069
43,729,400
120 VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMBINATIONS
368
5,137,702
123 ANTIHISTAMINES
2,105
29,488,754
124 ANTITUSSIVES
333
4,943,959
125 BRONCHODILATORS
7,556
104,314,036
127 DECONGESTANTS
37
371,195
128 EXPECTORANTS
35
391,105
130 RESPIRATORY INHALANT PRODUCTS
430
7,094,434
132 UPPER RESPIRATORY COMBINATIONS
285
4,859,030
135 ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDES
62
1,076,655
136 DERMATOLOGICAL AGENTS
3,388
53,294,960
146 MOUTH AND THROAT PRODUCTS
79
1,116,941
147 OPHTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
3,677
51,913,540
148 OTIC PREPARATIONS
105
2,012,878
192 ANTIRHEUMATICS
574
8,764,787
194 ANTIGOUT AGENTS
1,253
17,111,692
219 NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
213
3,026,033
220 HERBAL PRODUCTS
97
1,839,772
240 LINCOMYCIN DERIVATIVES
130
2,083,495
243 LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS
1,728
25,780,477
247 NASAL PREPARATIONS
1,701
26,111,192
249 ANTIDEPRESSANTS
13,756
220,933,077
251 ANTIPSYCHOTICS
1,950
29,469,720
264 URINARY ANTISPASMODICS
916
12,504,949
266 MISCELLANEOUS GENITOURINARY TRACT AGENTS
41
640,512
272 PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
6,522
95,274,573
277 5-AMINOSALICYLATES
256
4,462,236
288 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
622
8,845,007
303 AGENTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
546
9,023,998
312 CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS
63
668,648
313 CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
393
4,347,248
320 SMOKING CESSATION AGENTS
2,090
35,824,248
355 FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDER AGENTS
473
6,574,101
397 MULTIKINASE INHIBITORS
15
213,691
401 CD20 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
87
1,465,389
403 MTOR INHIBITORS
20
683,367
409 BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORS
728
9,289,761
460 PHOSPHATE BINDERS
5
0
482 ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS AND NEPRILY
222
2,846,805
504 ANTIMANIC AGENTS
193
3,301,040
516 NORADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR ADHD
187
4,208,254
519 ALPHA-ADRENORECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
1,730
24,026,013
TOTAL
204,550
3,029,450,238


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