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medications play critical role supporting health military service members little known broad use medications prescribed population active duty service members adsms often younger fewer diagnosed comorbid conditions face unique health challenges benefit pharmacotherapy understanding prescribing patterns instrumental illuminate potential areas research guide education military health care professionals maintain competency improve outcomes support medical readiness study aimed characterize commonly dispensed medications among adsms compare prescriptions general population retrospective crosssectional analysis using data extracted contained military health system information platform focused adsms consulted clinical pharmacist 2019 fiscal year descriptive statistics used summarize patient prescription data 100 frequently prescribed medications 20 frequently prescribed therapeutic classes identified analyses performed using statistical analysis system sas software nonmetric multidimensional scaling plot generated r illustrate relationships 20 frequently used therapeutic classes branches service study analyzed 719788 prescriptions 30012 service members revealing high prescription rate pain inflammation psychiatric condition treatments antidepressants nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs among commonly prescribed across military branches medication uses varied may indicate distinct needs within different service branches understanding medication patterns among adsms may able help health care professionals proactively address pharmacological challenges optimize pharmaceutical use unique population knowledge also aid development training modules focused medication side effects interactions counseling implications military deployment commonly used medications future examination prescribing cascades medication use related protonpump inhibitors docusate benzonatate muscle relaxants may identify opportunities provide better care lower cost