Table 1.1 Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2012
| Prescribed drug |
Total expenditures ranking |
Total expenditures |
Total number of persons with expenditures |
| Atorvastatin |
1 |
6,736,105,464 |
10,336,164 |
| Advair |
2 |
6,305,608,927 |
3,959,104 |
| Crestor |
3 |
5,714,387,198 |
4,825,891 |
| Nexium |
4 |
5,338,304,815 |
3,795,718 |
| Clopidogrel |
5 |
5,109,432,635 |
4,788,412 |
| Lantus |
6 |
5,096,856,707 |
3,238,183 |
| Abilify |
7 |
4,853,367,200 |
1,126,503 |
| Cymbalta |
8 |
4,534,301,157 |
2,747,589 |
| Diovan |
9 |
4,359,059,200 |
3,889,531 |
| Humira |
10 |
4,064,982,760 |
## |
| Singulair |
11 |
3,688,967,712 |
4,175,589 |
| Novolin |
12 |
3,431,371,884 |
2,742,644 |
| Spiriva |
13 |
3,371,314,036 |
1,983,457 |
| Avonex |
14 |
3,324,895,945* |
## |
| Novolog |
15 |
3,114,958,486 |
1,711,749 |
| Enbrel |
16 |
-- |
## |
| Simvastatin |
17 |
2,636,176,061 |
18,384,491 |
| Humalog |
18 |
2,590,441,558 |
1,102,892 |
| Atripla |
19 |
2,590,427,836 |
## |
| Seroquel |
20 |
2,506,232,210 |
1,156,749 |
| Januvia |
21 |
2,467,107,224 |
1,594,507 |
| Omeprazole |
22 |
2,451,740,994 |
11,574,702 |
| Lyrica |
23 |
2,179,997,485 |
1,582,189 |
| Gabapentin |
24 |
2,059,955,235 |
6,006,011 |
| Actos |
25 |
2,048,173,657 |
1,103,328 |
Standard Errors for Table 1.1: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures, 2012
| Prescribed drug |
Total expenditures |
Total number of persons with expenditures |
| Atorvastatin |
393,594,223 |
465,991 |
| Advair |
719,670,505 |
278,478 |
| Crestor |
474,509,297 |
343,811 |
| Nexium |
502,276,183 |
317,481 |
| Clopidogrel |
430,599,033 |
316,571 |
| Lantus |
528,485,396 |
241,065 |
| Abilify |
873,039,179 |
144,495 |
| Cymbalta |
488,298,921 |
225,804 |
| Diovan |
446,876,577 |
302,067 |
| Humira |
1,076,895,882 |
## |
| Singulair |
372,678,768 |
326,480 |
| Novolin |
477,766,355 |
228,501 |
| Spiriva |
416,170,974 |
167,999 |
| Avonex |
1,214,168,545* |
## |
| Novolog |
401,767,616 |
168,869 |
| Enbrel |
-- |
## |
| Simvastatin |
166,623,363 |
719,149 |
| Humalog |
547,389,214 |
134,376 |
| Atripla |
712,711,610 |
## |
| Seroquel |
405,683,260 |
126,007 |
| Januvia |
345,147,528 |
170,623 |
| Omeprazole |
219,041,877 |
540,962 |
| Lyrica |
293,683,304 |
167,778 |
| Gabapentin |
205,443,263 |
334,752 |
| Actos |
301,141,469 |
142,270 |
-- Less than 100 sample acquisitions.
## Less than 100 sample persons.
* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.
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