Top dispensed drugs Canada by prescription number 2021

In 2021, prescription drug Synthroid - used for the treatment of hypothyroidism - was the most dispensed drug in Canada, coming to a total of more than 20 million prescriptions. This statistic depicts the top 10 dispensed drugs in Canadian retail pharmacies in 2021.

Leading dispensed drugs in Canada based on prescriptions in 2021 (in 1,000s)

Drug name (therapeutic area)	Number of prescriptions in thousands
Synthroid (hypothyroidism)	20,075
Methadose (narcotic analgesic)	9,834
D-Tabs (vitamin)	5,918
PMS-Rosuvastatin (cholesterol lowering)	5,771
Eliquis (anticoagulant)	5,406
Rosuvastatin (cholesterol lowering)	4,581
Dexilant (esophagitis)	4,337
Vitamin D (vitamin)	4,240
Asa (pain relief)	4,170
Sandoz-Amlodipine (antihypertensive)	3,933

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2022

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Canada

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Estimated prescriptions dispensed in Canadian retail pharmacies (excludes hospitals; includes new and refills). Ethical market only - ethical products are not generally advertised to the public and are available only in pharmacies.

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