Leading medicines with the highest usage in the Netherlands 2018
As of 2018, Macrogol, a medicine used to treat constipation in both children and adults, was with 1.2 million the most frequently used medicine in the Netherlands. Macrogol was followed by Amoxicillin, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infection, with just over 1.1 million users in 2018, while Salbutamol came last in the top ten, with less than 900 thousand users.
