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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2007
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Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2007
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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 |
9,918,362,341 |
12,846,809 |
Nexium |
2 |
6,070,139,154 |
5,362,642 |
Advair |
3 |
4,756,807,892 |
4,792,616 |
Simvastatin |
4 |
4,305,977,736 |
10,918,449 |
Plavix |
5 |
3,838,822,665 |
3,872,272 |
Actos |
6 |
3,716,176,724 |
2,717,938 |
Prevacid |
7 |
3,605,033,636 |
4,123,884 |
Singulair |
8 |
2,990,336,754 |
5,485,037 |
Diovan |
9 |
2,838,168,196 |
4,514,247 |
Vytorin |
10 |
2,613,322,139 |
3,892,770 |
Fosamax |
11 |
2,497,608,591 |
3,987,987 |
Protonix |
12 |
2,455,821,476 |
3,388,722 |
Lexapro |
13 |
2,421,862,328 |
4,780,388 |
Topamax |
14 |
2,180,186,533 |
1,197,650 |
Wellbutrin |
15 |
2,091,478,445 |
2,117,814 |
Effexor |
16 |
2,071,039,539 |
2,576,809 |
Crestor |
17 |
1,985,112,900 |
3,106,510 |
Seroquel |
18 |
1,978,962,685 |
1,325,548 |
Cymbalta |
19 |
1,891,091,174 |
1,944,008 |
Zyrtec |
20 |
1,714,506,251 |
5,629,997 |
Zetia |
21 |
1,684,596,797 |
2,894,155 |
Diabetic Supply/Equipment |
22 |
1,660,227,499 |
3,050,962 |
Avandia |
23 |
1,610,937,764 |
1,532,329 |
Risperdal |
24 |
1,580,394,853 |
829,827 |
Coreg |
25 |
1,549,786,412 |
1,906,653 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2007
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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 |
528,943,990 |
570,814 |
Nexium |
462,130,448 |
298,352 |
Advair |
346,007,258 |
266,711 |
Simvastatin |
237,889,342 |
462,152 |
Plavix |
309,676,380 |
259,792 |
Actos |
375,983,469 |
193,169 |
Prevacid |
316,489,389 |
274,823 |
Singulair |
209,982,622 |
288,983 |
Diovan |
215,319,108 |
277,945 |
Vytorin |
197,509,712 |
246,299 |
Fosamax |
198,587,202 |
234,071 |
Protonix |
252,960,526 |
258,096 |
Lexapro |
186,011,660 |
308,107 |
Topamax |
331,717,913 |
135,806 |
Wellbutrin |
303,289,329 |
189,830 |
Effexor |
179,363,029 |
189,376 |
Crestor |
154,600,286 |
225,204 |
Seroquel |
378,354,946 |
149,407 |
Cymbalta |
222,629,552 |
180,236 |
Zyrtec |
136,662,419 |
314,596 |
Zetia |
164,052,979 |
248,514 |
Diabetic Supply/Equipment |
169,878,329 |
227,907 |
Avandia |
173,590,076 |
142,366 |
Risperdal |
216,046,722 |
100,036 |
Coreg |
177,279,850 |
170,498 |
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