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Prescribed Drug Estimates: 2009


Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2009

Prescribed drug Total
expenditures
ranking
Total
expenditures
Total number
of persons
with expenditures
Lipitor 1 8,643,256,120 9,726,149
Nexium 2 6,249,062,469 5,149,851
Advair 3 5,760,576,783 5,182,581
Plavix 4 5,537,297,610 4,561,735
Crestor 5 4,033,802,260 4,560,083
Diovan 6 3,908,802,793 5,336,034
Actos 7 3,765,021,009 2,356,061
Abilify 8 3,755,182,138 1,326,440
Prevacid 9 3,541,082,437 2,926,305
Avonex 10 3,365,373,247* --
Singulair 11 3,264,903,386 5,042,612
Cymbalta 12 2,967,277,589 2,778,113
Humira 13 2,838,408,251 --
Simvastatin 14 2,819,043,833 15,944,701
Effexor 15 2,758,065,063 2,197,245
Atripla 16 2,679,757,801* 159,851*
Lexapro 17 2,668,259,406 3,847,033
Seroquel 18 2,323,932,558 1,714,503
Humulin 19 2,194,437,466 2,820,817
Lantus 20 2,163,272,386 1,918,066
Celebrex 21 2,040,090,460 2,493,159
Vytorin 22 2,031,839,886 2,464,611
Tricor 23 1,975,218,217 2,378,508
Omeprazole 24 1,952,509,000 8,461,286
Amlodipine 25 1,836,253,284 8,995,137

Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2009

Prescribed drug Total
expenditures
Total number
of persons
with expenditures
Lipitor 465,763,240 471,504
Nexium 449,927,135 327,640
Advair 466,152,013 298,295
Plavix 488,680,353 288,636
Crestor 303,009,431 330,298
Diovan 305,258,311 301,517
Actos 339,849,833 182,696
Abilify 644,173,327 153,002
Prevacid 395,540,376 240,705
Avonex 1,505,430,365* --
Singulair 276,611,041 329,878
Cymbalta 302,831,819 233,614
Humira 715,300,767 --
Simvastatin 208,565,227 683,175
Effexor 346,296,255 192,654
Atripla 1,032,104,043* 60,698*
Lexapro 262,507,498 265,254
Seroquel 282,091,578 178,961
Humulin 234,916,670 224,633
Lantus 260,843,324 182,305
Celebrex 239,877,978 202,625
Vytorin 193,900,528 200,476
Tricor 195,421,914 210,967
Omeprazole 127,957,951 431,866
Amlodipine 99,016,894 366,635

*Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.

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