Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2011
| Prescribed drug |
Total
expenditures
ranking |
Total
expenditures |
Total number
of persons with
expenditures |
| Lipitor |
1 |
8,858,173,925 |
8,328,821 |
| Plavix |
2 |
8,268,660,682 |
5,063,094 |
| Nexium |
3 |
6,226,818,235 |
4,660,220 |
| Advair |
4 |
6,041,737,298 |
5,183,131 |
| Humira |
5 |
5,350,395,764 |
## |
| Singulair |
6 |
5,124,399,613 |
5,835,853 |
| Crestor |
7 |
4,862,363,729 |
5,403,681 |
| Lantus |
8 |
4,604,233,733 |
3,354,987 |
| Abilify |
9 |
4,284,370,715 |
1,224,399 |
| Copaxone |
10 |
4,234,139,751* |
## |
| Diovan |
11 |
3,741,995,755 |
4,227,532 |
| Simvastatin |
12 |
3,353,638,342 |
19,708,895 |
| Enbrel |
13 |
-- |
-- |
| Actos |
14 |
3,148,881,519 |
1,977,951 |
| Lexapro |
15 |
2,984,591,687 |
3,202,801 |
| Spiriva |
16 |
2,909,510,956 |
1,917,468 |
| Atripla |
17 |
2,831,322,835* |
## |
| Seroquel |
18 |
2,830,004,205 |
1,424,844 |
| Cymbalta |
19 |
2,675,865,268 |
2,216,487 |
| Humalog |
20 |
2,318,772,793 |
1,331,409 |
| Oxycontin |
21 |
2,254,253,301 |
## |
| Januvia |
22 |
2,192,544,359 |
1,478,846 |
| Novolog |
23 |
2,153,327,438 |
1,355,660 |
| Omeprazole |
24 |
2,036,797,216 |
10,623,935 |
| Lyrica |
25 |
2,022,373,671 |
1,395,607 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2011
| Prescribed drug |
Total expenditures |
Total number of persons
with expenditures |
| Lipitor |
653,770,597 |
455,756 |
| Plavix |
641,223,526 |
306,137 |
| Nexium |
578,002,778 |
338,006 |
| Advair |
475,423,522 |
302,037 |
| Humira |
1,408,954,467 |
## |
| Singulair |
455,691,686 |
405,469 |
| Crestor |
346,822,011 |
333,679 |
| Lantus |
493,346,854 |
258,104 |
| Abilify |
691,989,048 |
154,348 |
| Copaxone |
1,556,120,687* |
## |
| Diovan |
371,691,435 |
296,676 |
| Simvastatin |
208,252,795 |
678,480 |
| Enbrel |
-- |
-- |
| Actos |
298,336,702 |
174,853 |
| Lexapro |
341,461,008 |
271,214 |
| Spiriva |
342,652,301 |
197,817 |
| Atripla |
1,174,906,702* |
## |
| Seroquel |
406,606,795 |
151,923 |
| Cymbalta |
342,738,632 |
201,290 |
| Humalog |
356,338,840 |
170,801 |
| Oxycontin |
492,958,233 |
## |
| Januvia |
261,779,273 |
170,155 |
| Novolog |
329,251,754 |
139,235 |
| Omeprazole |
213,187,891 |
473,341 |
| Lyrica |
331,343,559 |
168,843 |
-- Less than 100 sample acquisitions.
## Less than 100 sample persons.
* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.
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