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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2005
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Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2005
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Prescribed
drug |
Total
expenditures
ranking |
Total
expenditures |
Total number
of persons
with expenditures |
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Lipitor |
1 |
9,311,420,518 |
15,103,266 |
Zocor |
2 |
5,661,620,311 |
7,389,886 |
Procrit |
3 |
5,405,531,976 |
150,641 |
Nexium |
4 |
4,411,844,401 |
5,198,113 |
Advair |
5 |
3,572,482,585 |
5,477,687 |
Prevacid |
6 |
3,542,363,243 |
5,652,574 |
Plavix |
7 |
3,496,506,916 |
4,278,831 |
Zoloft |
8 |
2,972,819,923 |
5,460,661 |
Lisinopril |
9 |
2,705,815,749 |
9,883,880 |
Norvasc |
10 |
2,593,782,341 |
6,467,478 |
Singulair |
11 |
2,490,396,925 |
5,354,568 |
Atenolol |
12 |
2,146,636,611 |
7,964,126 |
Protonix |
13 |
2,129,191,014 |
3,754,719 |
Metformin |
14 |
2,057,425,117 |
6,182,782 |
Diovan |
15 |
2,033,286,638 |
4,435,404 |
Fosamax |
16 |
1,984,138,720 |
4,146,012 |
Lexapro |
17 |
1,953,960,221 |
4,927,642 |
Effexor |
18 |
1,938,332,170 |
3,188,639 |
Toprol |
19 |
1,796,056,106 |
6,396,135 |
Allegra |
20 |
1,770,137,524 |
6,726,634 |
Actos |
21 |
1,753,091,037 |
2,026,908 |
Celebrex |
22 |
1,689,732,614 |
3,756,771 |
Zyprexa |
23 |
1,628,418,784 |
703,668 |
Pravachol |
24 |
1,611,158,993 |
2,197,539 |
Zyrtec |
25 |
1,549,766,230 |
6,480,214 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2005
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Prescribed
drug |
Total
expenditures |
Total number
of persons
with expenditures |
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Lipitor |
405,273,174 |
598,560 |
Zocor |
378,211,039 |
368,353 |
Procrit |
4,448,272,211 |
45,667 |
Nexium |
347,890,809 |
293,415 |
Advair |
250,925,605 |
300,331 |
Prevacid |
228,034,850 |
268,070 |
Plavix |
274,354,682 |
269,047 |
Zoloft |
230,053,186 |
331,943 |
Lisinopril |
160,116,641 |
465,709 |
Norvasc |
158,663,870 |
331,530 |
Singulair |
167,601,993 |
283,270 |
Atenolol |
157,678,194 |
390,571 |
Protonix |
210,680,573 |
281,483 |
Metformin |
124,257,390 |
307,037 |
Diovan |
154,207,456 |
277,743 |
Fosamax |
172,633,043 |
274,135 |
Lexapro |
137,025,492 |
295,430 |
Effexor |
183,295,506 |
247,622 |
Toprol |
114,433,091 |
342,778 |
Allegra |
123,321,082 |
357,783 |
Actos |
195,023,365 |
175,003 |
Celebrex |
152,853,678 |
208,958 |
Zyprexa |
361,559,202 |
95,169 |
Pravachol |
168,343,173 |
175,676 |
Zyrtec |
120,249,687 |
364,737 |
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