Analysts named the most popular drugs of the year

Xylometazoline nasal drops became the best-selling drug in RUSSIA in 2021, with citramon, paracetamol and omeprazole also leading in sales. This is evidenced by the data of the Chestny Znak marking system, follows from the analytical materials of the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (available from RBC).

This year, the Russians bought 127 million packs of xylometazoline for more than 10.4 billion rubles. The second most popular was the anesthetic drug Citramon — 54.8 million packs worth 2.1 billion rubles. In third place is the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen, the Russians bought 54.6 million packs and spent 7.2 billion rubles.

The medicine for lowering the level of gastric acid, omeprazole, also turned out to be popular - 54 million packs and 2.6 billion rubles, the antibiotic ceftriaxone - 50 million packs and the same 2.6 billion rubles. and paracetamol - 48.4 million packs worth 1.7 billion rubles.

In addition, the heart drug bisoprolol, the digestive enzyme pancreatin, corvalol and the anti-inflammatory diclofenac were included in the list of the best-selling ones.