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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2007

Table 1.2 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Purchases, 2007

Prescribed
drug

Total
purchases
ranking

Total
purchases

Total number
of persons
with purchases

Levothyroxine 1 93,550,325 13,324,375
Lisinopril 2 75,207,175 12,976,349
Lipitor 3 72,850,122 12,846,809
Simvastatin 4 59,549,189 10,918,449
Metformin 5 52,652,399 8,854,422
Hydrochlorothiazide 6 52,316,496 9,517,700
Atenolol 7 52,237,566 9,253,357
Metoprolol 8 47,927,763 8,588,178
Furosemide 9 36,408,415 5,781,054
Hydrocodone 10 35,919,754 13,411,596

Standard Errors for Table 1.2: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Purchases, 2007

Prescribed
drug

Total
purchases

Total number
of persons
with purchases


Levothyroxine 3,796,131 499,333
Lisinopril 3,299,431 508,349
Lipitor 3,499,595 570,814
Simvastatin 2,989,100 462,152
Metformin 2,525,381 364,190
Hydrochlorothiazide 2,633,495 401,340
Atenolol 2,640,358 413,778
Metoprolol 2,575,220 390,207
Furosemide 2,450,346 329,081
Hydrocodone 1,930,293 524,066
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