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Follow on Google News | Lipitor, Nexium still top-selling brandsThe five drugs that accounted for the most dispensed scrips include four generics and just one branded product--and that brand saw scrips drop
By: NAPRx The five drugs that accounted for the most dispensed scrips include four generics and just one branded product--and that brand saw scrips drop. Here's the list, with the number of scrips for 2008 and 2007 for comparison's sake. Hydrocodone with acetaminophen, generic painkiller, 124 million scrips in 2008, up from 119 million in 2007. Lisinopril, generic blood pressure med, 75.5 million, up from 70.5 million in 2007 Simvastatin, generic cholesterol remedy, 66.7 million, up from 47.7 million in 2007 Levothyroxine sodium, generic thyroid hormone, 61.4 million, up from 55 million in 2007 Lipitor, Pfizer's branded cholesterol med, 57.9 million, down from 65.1 million in 2007 Now for the dollar figures. As you can imagine, all the top-dollar meds are brand-name drugs, simply because branded meds are so much more expensive. Here are the top five. Lipitor, Pfizer, cholesterol, $7.8 billion, down from $8.1 billion in 2007 Nexium, AstraZeneca, heartburn/gastric reflux, $5.9 billion, up from $5.5 billion in 2007 Plavix, Bristol-Myers Squibb, blood thinner, $4.9 billion, up from $3.9 billion in 2007 Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline, asthma/COPD, $4.4 billion, up from $4.3 billion in 2007 Seroquel, AstraZeneca, atypical antipsychotic, $3.9 billion, up from $3.5 billion in 2007 The NAPRx® (National Association of Pharmaceutical Representatives®) # # # The largest association in the United States representing over 48,000 pharmaceutical sales representatives. End
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