Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2010
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2010
Prescribed drug |
Total expenditures ranking |
Total expenditures |
Total number of persons with expenditures |
Lipitor |
1 |
9,631,760,224 |
8,858,584 |
Plavix |
2 |
6,749,282,629 |
4,973,938 |
Nexium |
3 |
6,673,943,841 |
5,047,629 |
Advair |
4 |
6,244,030,029 |
5,351,687 |
Copaxone |
5 |
5,791,047,166* |
## |
Crestor |
6 |
4,931,789,301 |
5,032,241 |
Singulair |
7 |
4,406,128,074 |
5,667,813 |
Cymbalta |
8 |
3,820,196,760 |
2,762,566 |
Diovan |
9 |
3,443,097,972 |
4,595,224 |
Actos |
10 |
3,298,488,419 |
2,226,860 |
Lantus |
11 |
3,175,018,185 |
2,334,646 |
Abilify |
12 |
3,072,635,204 |
1,040,335 |
Lexapro |
13 |
3,024,863,194 |
3,962,352 |
Seroquel |
14 |
2,605,182,917 |
1,222,066 |
Omeprazole |
15 |
2,578,420,206 |
9,677,037 |
Simvastatin |
16 |
2,517,814,879 |
17,854,594 |
Lyrica |
17 |
2,419,452,728 |
1,603,750 |
Aricept |
18 |
2,246,853,706 |
1,142,729 |
Novolog |
19 |
2,064,156,100 |
1,307,968 |
Rebif |
20 |
-- |
-- |
Atripla |
21 |
2,016,913,738* |
## |
Zyprexa |
22 |
1,974,628,675 |
## |
Oxycontin |
23 |
1,939,344,524 |
## |
Spiriva |
24 |
1,859,308,361 |
1,650,374 |
Novolin |
25 |
1,842,202,689 |
2,412,291 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2010
Prescribed drug |
Total expenditures |
Total number of persons with expenditures |
Lipitor |
598,833,959 |
448,797 |
Plavix |
561,539,801 |
328,287 |
Nexium |
588,894,443 |
335,579 |
Advair |
482,287,505 |
336,094 |
Copaxone |
2,048,362,776* |
## |
Crestor |
382,815,212 |
296,926 |
Singulair |
326,014,005 |
372,318 |
Cymbalta |
393,301,727 |
243,532 |
Diovan |
314,001,594 |
312,324 |
Actos |
333,200,201 |
197,857 |
Lantus |
359,589,401 |
187,701 |
Abilify |
513,494,825 |
146,548 |
Lexapro |
308,869,887 |
346,673 |
Seroquel |
549,255,997 |
136,395 |
Omeprazole |
471,862,807 |
456,354 |
Simvastatin |
154,032,349 |
669,650 |
Lyrica |
356,786,217 |
171,998 |
Aricept |
323,191,309 |
126,172 |
Novolog |
324,872,507 |
140,459 |
Rebif |
-- |
-- |
Atripla |
751,760,708* |
## |
Zyprexa |
573,688,578 |
## |
Oxycontin |
461,063,492 |
## |
Spiriva |
265,732,210 |
189,737 |
Novolin |
224,069,539 |
179,183 |
-- Less than 100 sample acquisitions.
## Less than 100 sample persons.
* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.
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