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ISSN 2383-9457 (ONLINE)
Top 20 Unused Medicines by Total Unused Days for Prescriptions (ATC 4 level)
| Rank | ATC 4 level | ATC Name | Days of unused medicines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due to duplication of pharmacologically equivalent groups | Due to deaths (%) | Total | |||
| 1 | B01AC | Platelet aggregation inhibitors excl. heparin | 111,307 | 142,577 (56.2) | 253,884 |
| 2 | A02BA | H2-receptor antagonists | 104,974 | 53,384 (33.7) | 158,358 |
| 3 | R05CB | Mucolytics | 64,846 | 67,056 (50.8) | 131,902 |
| 4 | A03FA | Propulsives | 72,066 | 59,072 (45.0) | 131,138 |
| 5 | N05BA | Benzodiazepine derivatives | 69,428 | 37,817 (35.3) | 107,245 |
| 6 | A02AA | Magnesium compounds | 14,105 | 80,548 (85.1) | 94,653 |
| 7 | N06AX | Other antidepressants | 52,026 | 42,571 (45.0) | 94,597 |
| 8 | A02BC | Proton pump inhibitors | 41,939 | 47,366 (53.0) | 89,305 |
| 9 | C08CA | Dihydropyridine derivatives | 15,350 | 64,987 (80.9) | 80,337 |
| 10 | A02BX | Other drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) | 30,650 | 39,535 (56.3) | 70,185 |
| 11 | G04CA | Alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists | 26,485 | 40,489 (60.5) | 66,974 |
| 12 | C03CA | Sulfonamides, plain | 4,270 | 49,345 (92.0) | 53,615 |
| 13 | R06AX | Antihistamimes for systemic use | 18,585 | 11,732 (38.7) | 30,317 |
| 14 | R03DA | Xanthines | 5,535 | 17,980 (76.5) | 23,515 |
| 15 | R05FA | Opium derivatives and expectorants | 9,751 | 13,099 (57.3) | 22,850 |
| 16 | A10BH | Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors | 3,245 | 19,486 (85.7) | 22,731 |
| 17 | N05AX | Antipsycotics | 3,257 | 19,091 (85.4) | 22,348 |
| 18 | A02X | Other drugs for acid related disorders | 5,700 | 16,246 (74.0) | 21,946 |
| 19 | M01AE | Propionic acid derivatives | 10,647 | 10,807 (50.4) | 21,454 |
| 20 | M01AH | Cox-2 inhibitors | 2,289 | 16,762 (88.0) | 19,051 |