Table 1 Prescriptions of NSAIDs in 2017
NSAIDs
Country
Prescriptions
per year
Source
Acetylsalicylic
acid
USA
a 19,753,190
MEPS [9]
England
20,152,891
Prescribing and Medicines Team Health and
Social Care Information Centre [10]
North
Ireland
886,747
Mulholland [11]
Wales
1,814,859
National Statistics Ystadegau Gwladol [12]
Scotland
2,014,623
Information Services Division National
Services Scotland [13]
Netherlands 7,408,200
Zorginstituut Nederland [14]
Sweden
2,951,829
Socialstyrelsen [15]
Paracetamol
USA
a 29,325,845
MEPS [9]
England
20,152,891
Prescribing and Medicines Team Health and
Social Care Information Centre [10]
North
Ireland
640,274
Mulholland [11]
Wales
1,302,422
National Statistics Ystadegau Gwladol [12]
Scotland
2,507,530
Information Services Division National
Services Scotland [13]
Denmark
142,346
Sundhedsdata-Styrelsen [16]
Netherlands 1,800,700
Zorginstituut Nederland [14]
Sweden
5,030,429
Socialstyrelsen [15]
Ibuprofen
USA
a 21,329,751
MEPS [9]
North
Ireland
162,647
Mulholland [11]
Scotland
530,917
Information Services Division National
Services Scotland [13]
Denmark
55,790
Sundhedsdata-Styrelsen [16]
Netherlands 756,420
Zorginstituut Nederland [14]
Sweden
316,633
Socialstyrelsen [15]
Naproxen
USA
a 11,470,076
MEPS [9]
North
Ireland
377,669
Mulholland [11]
Scotland
854,887
Information Services Division National
Services Scotland [13]
Denmark
4,773
Sundhedsdata-Styrelsen [16]
Netherlands 1,232,500
Zorginstituut Nederland [14]
Sweden
668,604
Socialstyrelsen [15]
Diclofenac
USA
a 9,907,530
MEPS [9]
North
Ireland
123,195
Mulholland [11]
Scotland
196,215
Information Services Division National
Services Scotland [13]
Denmark
39,987
Sundhedsdata-Styrelsen [16]
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G. A. Elizalde-Velázquez and L. M. Gómez-Oliván