2007 Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures

Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2007
Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2007
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures ranking	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

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
Prescribed drug	Total expenditures	Total number of persons with expenditures

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