2008 Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures

Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2008
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2008
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures ranking	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

Lipitor	1	9,637,282,935	11,270,375
Nexium	2	7,540,195,953	5,328,046
Simvastatin	3	5,270,883,955	13,646,672
Advair	4	5,263,057,480	5,070,844
Plavix	5	4,834,909,168	4,418,278
Actos	6	3,896,299,733	2,803,991
Diovan	7	3,486,593,510	5,157,286
Prevacid	8	3,459,262,683	3,494,035
Singulair	9	3,258,483,207	5,560,086
Lantus	10	3,026,637,829	2,187,634
Crestor	11	2,930,929,524	3,970,954
Vytorin	12	2,550,182,268	3,583,546
Effexor	13	2,498,042,880	2,644,377
Lamictal	14	2,447,915,296	1,294,302
Abilify	15	2,428,735,424	1,090,179
Lexapro	16	2,421,543,724	4,232,497
Cymbalta	17	2,360,616,946	2,445,397
Provigil	18	2,027,008,379	579,173
Seroquel	19	2,000,885,194	1,466,684
Celebrex	20	1,997,616,682	2,825,360
Tricor	21	1,870,260,630	2,421,615
Fluoxetine	22	1,869,188,565	4,069,985
Zetia	23	1,854,446,394	2,558,704
Topamax	24	1,735,207,027	1,309,138
Flomax	25	1,694,233,600	2,704,715

Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2008
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

Lipitor	549,978,337	563,879
Nexium	627,466,328	330,592
Simvastatin	408,912,974	670,167
Advair	423,242,610	289,637
Plavix	411,850,462	305,467
Actos	399,168,724	223,672
Diovan	293,847,052	347,428
Prevacid	363,913,379	289,552
Singulair	278,222,841	347,932
Lantus	395,140,493	193,194
Crestor	263,473,714	311,849
Vytorin	235,377,993	270,895
Effexor	244,675,503	233,637
Lamictal	564,004,309	181,306
Abilify	354,462,838	148,529
Lexapro	223,260,929	289,016
Cymbalta	270,508,387	222,224
Provigil	490,477,963	102,269
Seroquel	366,744,538	162,858
Celebrex	200,550,827	219,345
Tricor	236,919,563	214,816
Fluoxetine	234,874,906	301,175
Zetia	200,993,519	229,684
Topamax	281,155,457	174,020
Flomax	198,289,567	249,386