Table 3.

Pharmaceutical consumption (N. DDD/1,000,000 inhabitants per day) by medicine during 2020.

	Community pharmacies			Public healthcare facilities			Reimbursed by the Italian NHS (community pharmacies + public healthcare facilities)			Private purchase			Overall
	N.	%	Δ% 20–19	N.	%	Δ% 20–19	N.	%	Δ% 20–19	N.	%	Δ% 20–19	N.	%	Δ% 20–19
Disulfiram	52.4	71.9	−14.9	74.0	44.8	−3.5	126.3	53.1	−8.6	61.2	84.8	−11.3	187.5	60.4	−9.6
Sodium oxybate	–	–	–	65.5	39.6	−36.6	65.5	27.5	−36.6	–	–	–	65.5	21.1	−36.8
Acamprosate	12.1	16.6	−8.1	17.0	10.3	−0.7	29.1	12.2	−0.9	1.4	1.9	−70.7	30.5	9.8	−11.6
Naltrexone	8.4	11.5	3.5	6.1	3.7	9.4	14.4	6.1	7.1	2.7	3.7	−7.9	17.2	5.5	4.2
Metadoxine	< 0.05	~0	~0	2.5	1.5	−10.2	2.6	1.0	−10.3	6.2	8.6	−8.4	8.7	2.8	−8.4
Nalmefene	< 0.05	~0	~0	0.2	0.1	−80.6	0.3	0.1	−80.1	0.7	1.0	−24.5	0.9	0.3	−55.0
Total	72.9	100	−10.9	165.3	100	−20.1	238.2	100	−17.5	72.2	100	−14.4	310.4	100	−16.9