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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 May 28;43(7):1510–1518. doi: 10.1111/acer.14081

Table 2.

Top ten most commonly reported prescribed CNS-D medications and prevalence of use in the United States (years 1999-2014 combined)

Medication Name Dataset Frequency Percent of CNS-D Medication Prescriptions Prevalence of Medication in U.S. Population Standard Error of Prevalence
 Hydrocodone 1639 24.1 3.2 0.16
 Alprazolam 654 9.6 1.4 0.11
 Oxycodone 576 8.5 1.2 0.10
 Tramadol 543 8.0 1.0 0.07
 Zolpidem 537 7.9 1.3 0.07
 Clonazepam 400 5.9 0.8 0.05
 Lorazepam 383 5.6 0.8 0.07
 Propoxyphene 360 5.3 0.8 0.06
 Diazepam 229 3.4 0.4 0.06
 Temazepam 188 2.8 0.3 0.04