Table 3.
Total expenditure on antidepressant medications dispensed from 2013 to 2018 by drug and drug class.
| ATC code | Medicine | Cost of Chinese yuan (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
| N06AX | 162184(0.34) | 150912(0.28) | 139197(0.24) | 134399(0.22) | 115441(0.19) | 144083(0.22) | |
| Amitriptyline | 81596(0.17) | 79001(0.15) | 75502(0.13) | 72435(0.12) | 52052(0.08) | 63106(0.10) | |
| Clomipramine | 39563(0.08) | 33029(0.06) | 27268(0.05) | 24916(0.04) | 19019(0.03) | 20180(0.03) | |
| Doxepin | 28889(0.06) | 28691(0.05) | 26473(0.05) | 27750(0.04) | 35418(0.06) | 52145(0.08) | |
| Maprotiline | 12137(0.03) | 10191(0.02) | 9954(0.02) | 9298(0.01) | 8952(0.01) | 8653(0.01) | |
| N06AB | 30366454(63.2) | 31897367(59.2) | 34035848(59.7) | 37415695(60.0) | 37273217(59.9) | 38231262(59.0) | |
| Citalopram | 3304822(6.88) | 3918401(7.27) | 4367593(7.66) | 4172154(6.69) | 3801416(6.11) | 3069586(4.74) | |
| Escitalopram | 6023948(12.5) | 8369067(15.5) | 10747229(18.9) | 13046681(20.9) | 14256349(22.9) | 15536616(24.0) | |
| Fluoxetine | 3659219(7.62) | 3946896(7.32) | 3272764(5.74) | 3477740(5.57) | 3042443(4.89) | 2957276(4.56) | |
| Fluvoxamine | 794085(1.65) | 1103158(2.05) | 1290382(2.26) | 1433769(2.30) | 1437000(2.31) | 1560367(2.41) | |
| Paroxetine | 10530022(21.9) | 8498899(15.8) | 7881856(13.8) | 8256006(13.2) | 7553850(12.1) | 7691849(11.9) | |
| Sertraline | 6054358(12.6) | 6060945(11.2) | 6476025(11.4) | 7029344(11.3) | 7182157(11.5) | 7415567(11.4) | |
| N06AX | 17494875(36.4) | 21874231(40.6) | 22823643(40.0) | 24842641(39.8) | 24864451(39.9) | 26414705(40.8) | |
| Agomelatine | 72644(0.15) | 60197(0.11) | 37379(0.07) | 1781(0.00) | 124678(0.20) | 687905(1.06) | |
| Bupropion | 123598(0.26) | 143183(0.27) | 161264(0.28) | 198178(0.32) | 244859(0.39) | 184247(0.28) | |
| Duloxetine | 4042906(8.42) | 5651351(10.5) | 5402316(9.5) | 6508445(10.4) | 7025245(11.3) | 7662359(11.8) | |
| Flupentixol/Melitracen | 4221026(8.79) | 5385611(9.99) | 5855594(10.3) | 5510436(8.8) | 5140978(8.3) | 4971748(7.7) | |
| Reboxetine | 1230(0.00) | 643(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | |
| Mianserin | 100041(0.21) | 89928(0.17) | 112878(0.20) | 132846(0.21) | 155082(0.25) | 158740(0.25) | |
| Milnacipran | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | 3911(0.01) | 51236(0.08) | 74276(0.11) | |
| Mirtazapine | 3070120(6.39) | 3457236(6.41) | 3320667(5.83) | 3367417(5.40) | 3273662(5.26) | 3361283(5.19) | |
| Neurostan | 46357(0.10) | 50620(0.09) | 11840(0.02) | 15783(0.03) | 83083(0.13) | 91459(0.14) | |
| Trazodone | 714002(1.49) | 860164(1.60) | 971800(1.70) | 1068978(1.71) | 1107519(1.78) | 1307992(2.02) | |
| Venlafaxine | 5102949(10.6) | 6175297(11.5) | 6949906(12.2) | 8034867(12.9) | 7658109(12.3) | 7914696(12.2) | |