2006 Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures

Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2006
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2006
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures ranking	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

Lipitor	1	8,832,138,803	13,931,542
Coagulation Medicine	2	--	--
Advair	3	3,631,212,527	5,278,245
Zocor	4	3,492,099,862	5,615,302
Nexium	5	3,104,061,600	5,398,832
Toprol	6	3,027,180,887	11,082,052
Prevacid	7	3,023,360,046	4,731,974
Plavix	8	2,923,097,388	3,698,527
Lisinopril	9	2,897,320,533	11,007,926
Metformin	10	2,832,398,861	7,577,758
Singulair	11	2,803,318,795	6,269,936
Ascensia	12	2,680,407,910	9,616,056
Aranesp	13	--	--
Norvasc	14	2,481,518,324	5,487,342
Avandia	15	2,240,658,546	2,431,129
Actos	16	2,136,895,376	2,472,833
Zoloft	17	2,084,087,580	4,321,118
Fosamax	18	1,994,457,627	4,456,772
Diovan	19	1,980,374,446	4,373,262
Lexapro	20	1,966,648,066	4,767,920
Protonix	21	1,928,081,097	3,651,507
Atenolol	22	1,915,859,129	7,915,551
Simvastatin	23	1,825,489,092	4,401,884
Vytorin	24	1,714,084,999	3,393,974
Effexor	25	1,699,952,674	2,315,940

Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2006
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

Lipitor	457,591,886	631,564
Coagulation Medicine	--	--
Advair	265,314,436	296,760
Zocor	267,821,144	316,750
Nexium	219,733,081	300,269
Toprol	172,029,527	464,307
Prevacid	218,942,298	299,067
Plavix	295,634,609	247,753
Lisinopril	179,972,959	493,253
Metformin	171,617,172	346,790
Singulair	221,630,878	343,639
Ascensia	175,019,310	377,278
Aranesp	--	--
Norvasc	173,423,486	313,068
Avandia	257,220,099	193,044
Actos	218,824,805	193,308
Zoloft	169,950,839	262,595
Fosamax	142,551,133	232,134
Diovan	142,753,254	257,399
Lexapro	144,438,906	299,843
Protonix	178,861,723	240,670
Atenolol	124,291,631	376,066
Simvastatin	134,886,803	236,477
Vytorin	147,402,883	249,849
Effexor	183,156,774	182,098

-- Less than 100 sample cases.