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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2003
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2003

Prescribed
drug name

Total expenditures
ranking

 Total
expenditures
Total number of
persons with expenditures
Lipitor

1

 7,754,809,953

13,073,351
Zocor

2

 5,473,759,675

7,463,572
Prevacid

3

 3,472,009,782

5,221,943
Nexium

4

 3,156,683,387

4,480,954
Celebrex

5

 2,861,815,431

6,036,805
Norvasc

6

 2,363,518,249

5,930,562
Advair

7

 2,217,752,072

4,248,018
Paxil

8

 2,212,583,629

4,465,763
Allegra

9

 2,183,533,841

9,238,435
Zoloft

10

 2,103,096,705

4,675,609

Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2003
Prescribed
drug name
Total
expenditures
 Total number of
persons with expenditures
Lipitor

 405,677,623.26

563,839.12
Zocor

404,639,922.03

381,885.59
Prevacid

236,946,198.23

278,809.75
Nexium

275,065,585.67

268,047.95
Celebrex

206,421,132.42

321,224.42
Norvasc

146,594,405.46

303,181.07
Advair

184,718,425.12

258,394.94
Paxil

183,934,863.59

240,780.35
Allegra

156,107,241.62

409,385.93
Zoloft

162,355,269.35

266,086.16

 
 

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