Number of sertraline prescriptions in the U.S. 2004-2021
In 2004, sertraline was prescribed over 28 million times. In comparison, in 2021, the last year with available data, the number of prescriptions for sertraline was at 39.2 million. Sertraline is primarily used as an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. This statistic shows the total annual number of sertraline prescriptions in the U.S. from 2004 to 2021, in millions.