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