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. 2021 Jun 29;7(6):e29238. doi: 10.2196/29238

Table 2.

Systemic lupus erythematosus drug treatments.

Drug treatments Patients, n (%)
Health insurance claims data (EphMRA ATCa classification of drug [code])

All patients 4694 (100)


Oral corticosteroids, plain [H02A2] 2529 (53.9)


Proton pump inhibitors [A02B2] 1622 (34.6)


Antirheumatics, nonsteroidal plain [M01A1] 1432 (30.5)


All other antiulcerants [A02B9] 1333 (28.4)


Other immunosuppressants [L04X-] 1266 (27.0)


Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis and related disorders [M05B3] 1224 (26.1)


Vitamin D [A11C2] 1129 (24.1)


Nonnarcotics and antipyretics [N02B-] 1089 (23.2)


Topical antirheumatics and analgesics [M02A-] 1083 (23.1)


Systemic antihistamines [R06A-] 1023 (21.8)


Plain topical corticosteroids [D07A-] 891 (19.0)


Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) [C10A1] 771 (16.4)


H2 antagonists [A02B1] 745 (15.9)


Expectorants [R05C-] 738 (15.7)


Angiotensin-II antagonists, plain [C09C-] 731 (15.6)
Tōbyōki blog data (generic name of drug)

All patients 671 (100)


Steroid 499 (74.4)


Prednisolone 470 (70.0)


Loxoprofen sodium hydrate 220 (32.8)


Tacrolimus hydrate 190 (28.3)


Alendronate sodium hydrate 114 (17.0)


Aspirin 109 (16.2)


Acetaminophen 104 (15.5)


Lidocaine, Adrenaline bitartrate 101 (15.1)


Cyclophosphamide hydrate 99 (14.8)


Azathioprine 93 (13.9)


Alfacalcidol 89 (13.3)


Aztreonam 88 (13.1)


Calcium L-aspartate hydrate 83 (12.4)


Cyclophosphamide hydrate 82 (12.2)


Mycophenolate mofetil 80 (11.9)

aAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification.