Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2015
Total
expenditures
ranking |
Prescribed drug
(generic name) |
Trade name(s)
sold under |
Total
expenditures |
Total number
of persons with
expenditures |
| 1 |
Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir |
Harvoni |
-- |
## |
| 2 |
Insulin Glargine |
Basaglar
Lantus
Toujeo |
11,070,373,414 |
3,420,497 |
| 3 |
Adalimumab |
Humira |
10,125,405,450 |
## |
| 4 |
Rosuvastatin |
Crestor |
6,838,489,690 |
4,382,295 |
| 5 |
Fluticasone-Salmeterol |
Advair
Airduo |
6,682,154,124 |
3,696,582 |
| 6 |
Atorvastatin |
Lipitor |
6,347,593,295 |
18,048,928 |
| 7 |
Esomeprazole |
Nexium |
5,325,515,134 |
2,887,488 |
| 8 |
Aripiprazole |
Abilify |
5,231,716,074 |
## |
| 9 |
Insulin Aspart |
Novolog |
4,785,335,178 |
1,664,215 |
| 10 |
Sitagliptin |
Januvia |
4,629,039,172 |
1,736,569 |
| 11 |
Insulin Isophane (Nph) |
Humulin N
Novolin N |
4,391,302,242 |
2,708,556 |
| 12 |
Pregabalin |
Lyrica |
4,157,190,155 |
1,758,523 |
| 13 |
Insulin Detemir |
Levemir |
4,111,265,423 |
1,188,351 |
| 14 |
Gabapentin |
Fanatrex
Gralise
Horizant
Neurontin |
4,111,146,204 |
8,300,810 |
| 15 |
Tiotropium |
Spiriva |
3,710,793,552 |
1,614,315 |
| 16 |
Metformin |
Fortamet
Glucophage
Glumetza
Riomet |
3,636,678,115 |
15,717,346 |
| 17 |
Estradiol |
Alora
Climara
Delestrogen
Divigel
Ec-Rx Estradiol
Elestrin
Estrace
Estrasorb
Estrogel
Evamist
Femring
Menostar
Minivelle
Vivelle-Dot |
3,581,896,587 |
2,351,451 |
| 18 |
Insulin Lispro |
Humalog |
3,577,364,665 |
1,286,536 |
| 19 |
Etanercept |
Enbrel |
3,447,024,594* |
## |
| 20 |
Hydrocodone |
Hysingla
Zohydro |
3,407,226,906 |
4,029,868 |
| 21 |
Omeprazole |
First-Omeprazole
Prilosec |
3,298,451,269 |
14,692,736 |
| 22 |
Levothyroxine |
Levo-T
Levothroid
Levoxyl
Synthroid
Tirosint
Unithroid |
2,906,648,582 |
18,783,651 |
| 23 |
Metformin-Sitagliptin |
Janumet |
2,807,065,135 |
## |
| 24 |
Budesonide-Formoterol |
Symbicort |
2,786,518,756 |
2,204,145 |
| 25 |
Albuterol |
Accuneb
Proair
Proventil
Ventolin
Vospire ER |
2,756,867,445 |
15,579,283 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2015
Prescribed drug
(generic name) |
Total
expenditures |
Total number
of persons with
expenditures |
| Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir |
-- |
## |
| Insulin Glargine |
1,153,490,808 |
268,915 |
| Adalimumab |
1,952,929,011 |
## |
| Rosuvastatin |
567,320,232 |
318,812 |
| Fluticasone-Salmeterol |
622,431,394 |
253,053 |
| Atorvastatin |
431,853,807 |
737,640 |
| Esomeprazole |
588,967,472 |
239,937 |
| Aripiprazole |
880,581,029 |
## |
| Insulin Aspart |
724,231,607 |
153,079 |
| Sitagliptin |
560,913,272 |
197,193 |
| Insulin Isophane (Nph) |
637,794,650 |
206,173 |
| Pregabalin |
571,121,727 |
189,404 |
| Insulin Detemir |
654,868,726 |
130,106 |
| Gabapentin |
499,753,231 |
436,272 |
| Tiotropium |
443,261,976 |
161,569 |
| Metformin |
809,136,153 |
598,487 |
| Estradiol |
823,636,997 |
194,163 |
| Insulin Lispro |
689,960,587 |
149,951 |
| Etanercept |
1,072,362,825* |
## |
| Hydrocodone |
409,954,004 |
327,048 |
| Omeprazole |
280,099,851 |
630,871 |
| Levothyroxine |
164,758,953 |
795,086 |
| Metformin-Sitagliptin |
617,713,399 |
## |
| Budesonide-Formoterol |
335,522,031 |
211,595 |
| Albuterol |
157,330,058 |
706,062 |
-- Less than 100 sample acquisitions.
## Less than 100 sample persons.
* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.
Note: Data source for generic drug name is Cerner Multum Inc.
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