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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2000
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Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2000
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Prescribed
drug name |
Total expenditures
ranking |
Total
expenditures |
Total number of
persons with expenditures
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| Lipitor |
1 |
3,321,081,920 |
7,099,278 |
| Prilosec |
2 |
2,411,152,120 |
5,499,922 |
| Zocor |
3 |
2,175,864,735 |
4,843,405 |
| Prozac |
4 |
1,959,836,264 |
3,390,932 |
| Claritin |
5 |
1,838,573,218 |
10,156,143 |
| Glucophage |
6 |
1,775,788,416 |
4,523,173 |
| Zyprexa |
7 |
1,744,552,268 |
813,415 |
| Celebrex |
8 |
1,729,050,405 |
6,145,784 |
| Premarin |
9 |
1,582,417,298 |
9,001,244 |
Prevacid |
10 |
1,552,442,022 |
3,919,200 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1:
Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2000
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Prescribed
drug name |
Total
expenditures |
Total number of
persons with expenditures |
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| Lipitor |
226,185,831.00 |
385,370.21 |
| Prilosec |
199,873,894.98 |
360,160.19 |
| Zocor |
207,069,213.99 |
414,517.77 |
| Prozac |
260,949,704.64 |
348,050.23 |
| Claritin |
135,121,801.86 |
539,589.54 |
| Glucophage |
144,381,343.12 |
345,621.29 |
| Zyprexa |
553,707,276.52 |
141,735.34 |
| Celebrex |
127,041,655.13 |
398,171.08 |
| Premarin |
158,374,433.53 |
646,631.26 |
| Prevacid |
163,387,134.80 |
340,816.51 |
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