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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2004
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2004

Prescribed
drug name

Total
expenditures
ranking

 Total
expenditures
Total number
of persons
with expenditures
Lipitor
1 9,227,876,454
15,040,075
Zocor
2 4,683,499,424
7,560,373
Nexium
3 4,158,497,404
5,059,004
Prevacid
4 3,389,672,495
5,514,370
Plavix
5 2,805,184,685
3,871,934
Advair
6 2,774,626,106
5,408,985
Norvasc
7 2,554,656,016
6,178,393
Zoloft
8 2,487,855,820
5,231,067
Celebrex
9 2,414,852,533
6,098,974
Lisinopril
10 2,147,873,809
8,955,191

Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2004
Prescribed
drug name
Total
expenditures
Total number
of persons
with expenditures
Lipitor
448,055,618
588,287
Zocor
300,360,629
391,234
Nexium
394,391,389
321,363
Prevacid
247,667,162
288,532
Plavix
217,463,282
255,054
Advair
205,408,391
276,280
Norvasc
167,003,314
338,210
Zoloft
178,770,209
263,541
Celebrex
172,845,495
303,456
Lisinopril
165,625,151
516,377
 

 
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