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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2008
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Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2008
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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 |
9,637,282,935 |
11,270,375 |
Nexium |
2 |
7,540,195,953 |
5,328,046 |
Simvastatin |
3 |
5,270,883,955 |
13,646,672 |
Advair |
4 |
5,263,057,480 |
5,070,844 |
Plavix |
5 |
4,834,909,168 |
4,418,278 |
Actos |
6 |
3,896,299,733 |
2,803,991 |
Diovan |
7 |
3,486,593,510 |
5,157,286 |
Prevacid |
8 |
3,459,262,683 |
3,494,035 |
Singulair |
9 |
3,258,483,207 |
5,560,086 |
Lantus |
10 |
3,026,637,829 |
2,187,634 |
Crestor |
11 |
2,930,929,524 |
3,970,954 |
Vytorin |
12 |
2,550,182,268 |
3,583,546 |
Effexor |
13 |
2,498,042,880 |
2,644,377 |
Lamictal |
14 |
2,447,915,296 |
1,294,302 |
Abilify |
15 |
2,428,735,424 |
1,090,179 |
Lexapro |
16 |
2,421,543,724 |
4,232,497 |
Cymbalta |
17 |
2,360,616,946 |
2,445,397 |
Provigil |
18 |
2,027,008,379 |
579,173 |
Seroquel |
19 |
2,000,885,194 |
1,466,684 |
Celebrex |
20 |
1,997,616,682 |
2,825,360 |
Tricor |
21 |
1,870,260,630 |
2,421,615 |
Fluoxetine |
22 |
1,869,188,565 |
4,069,985 |
Zetia |
23 |
1,854,446,394 |
2,558,704 |
Topamax |
24 |
1,735,207,027 |
1,309,138 |
Flomax |
25 |
1,694,233,600 |
2,704,715 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2008
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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 |
549,978,337 |
563,879 |
Nexium |
627,466,328 |
330,592 |
Simvastatin |
408,912,974 |
670,167 |
Advair |
423,242,610 |
289,637 |
Plavix |
411,850,462 |
305,467 |
Actos |
399,168,724 |
223,672 |
Diovan |
293,847,052 |
347,428 |
Prevacid |
363,913,379 |
289,552 |
Singulair |
278,222,841 |
347,932 |
Lantus |
395,140,493 |
193,194 |
Crestor |
263,473,714 |
311,849 |
Vytorin |
235,377,993 |
270,895 |
Effexor |
244,675,503 |
233,637 |
Lamictal |
564,004,309 |
181,306 |
Abilify |
354,462,838 |
148,529 |
Lexapro |
223,260,929 |
289,016 |
Cymbalta |
270,508,387 |
222,224 |
Provigil |
490,477,963 |
102,269 |
Seroquel |
366,744,538 |
162,858 |
Celebrex |
200,550,827 |
219,345 |
Tricor |
236,919,563 |
214,816 |
Fluoxetine |
234,874,906 |
301,175 |
Zetia |
200,993,519 |
229,684 |
Topamax |
281,155,457 |
174,020 |
Flomax |
198,289,567 |
249,386 |
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