Posted by Phillipa on November 3, 2014, at 17:20:50
100 Most Prescribed, Best-Selling Drugs Through September
Troy Brown, RN
November 03, 2014
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Top 100 Most Prescribed, Top-Selling Drugs
Top 100 Most Prescribed, Top Selling Drugs
Top 100 Selling Drugs of 2013
The cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (Crestor, AstraZeneca) edged out the hypothyroid drug levothyroxine (Synthroid, AbbVie) as the most prescribed drug in the United States, and the antipsychotic medication aripiprazole (Abilify, Otsuka Pharmaceutical) remains the best-selling drug, according to recent data.Research firm IMS compiled a rolling 12-month history (October 2013 to September 2014) of the top 100 drugs by total prescriptions and total sales in the United States.
Rosuvastatin had about 22.3 million prescriptions, followed by levothyroxine, at about 22.3 million prescriptions; proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole (Nexium, AstraZeneca), at about 17.8 million prescriptions; and the asthma medications albuterol (Ventolin HFA, GlaxoSmithKline), at about 17.8 million prescriptions, and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline), at about 14.5 million prescriptions.
The remaining top 10 most prescribed drugs for the period (in order) were the insulin glargine injection (Lantus Solostar, sanofi-aventis), the attention-deficit drug lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse, Shire), the antiepileptic drug pregabalin (Lyrica, Pfizer), the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medication tiotropium bromide (Spiriva Handihaler, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals), and the antihypertensive drug valsartan (Diovan, Novartis).
Top-Selling
Aripiprazole had sales of $7.5 billion, followed by the arthritis drug adalimumab (Humira, Abbott Laboratories, $6.7 billion), hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir (Sovaldi, Gilead Sciences, $6.7 billion), esomeprazole (Nexium, AstraZeneca, $6.1 billion), and rosuvastatin (Crestor, AstraZeneca, $5.8 billion).
Rounding out the top 10 in sales were the arthritis drug etanercept (Enbrel, Amgen, $5.3 billion), fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline, almost $5 billion), the arthritis drug infliximab (Remicade, Centocor, $4.5 billion), the insulin glargine injection (Lantus Solostar, sanofi-aventis, $4.1 billion), and the neutropenia drug pegfilgrastim (Neulasta, Amgen, $3.8 billion).
Table 1. Top 100 Prescriptions, Sales
ProductPrescriptions, n
Crestor22,279,247
Synthroid22,258,461
Nexium17,763,935
Ventolin HFA17,745,136
Advair Diskus14,495,507
Lantus Solostar10,450,322
Vyvanse10,147,910
Lyrica9,798,532
Spiriva Handihaler9,555,794
Diovan9,470,735
Lantus9,283,819
Januvia8,840,911
Abilify8,825,094
Celebrex8,722,291
Cialis7,542,063
Viagra7,431,369
Symbicort7,416,869
Zetia7,243,535
Nasonex7,099,068
Suboxone6,997,562
Namenda6,908,201
Bystolic6,665,853
Levemir5,872,711
Xarelto5,723,115
Flovent HFA5,637,690
Oxycontin5,505,961
Cymbalta5,491,281
Nuvaring4,986,756
Thyroid4,970,116
Voltaren Gel4,890,248
Dexilant4,772,598
Benicar4,640,020
Proventil HFA4,532,962
Tamiflu4,170,629
Novolog Flexpen4,056,670
Humalog4,009,248
Novolog3,988,984
Premarin3,795,768
Vesicare3,790,832
Benicar HCT3,539,522
Afluria3,388,174
Lumigan3,315,225
Lo Loestrin Fe3,227,089
Janumet3,064,731
Ortho-Tri-Cy Lo 282,995,623
Combivent Respimat2,965,358
Toprol-XL2,944,217
Pristiq2,935,525
Travatan Z2,890,189
Pataday2,813,903
Humalog Kwikpen2,799,179
Vytorin2,772,857
Minastrin 24 Fe2,711,030
Focalin XR2,689,816
Avodart2,460,223
Seroquel XR2,403,366
Strattera2,387,721
Pradaxa2,382,389
Chantix2,165,904
Zostavax2,104,519
Namenda XR2,023,583
Humira1,989,802
Dulera1,981,166
Victoza 3-Pak1,960,970
Lunesta1,868,471
Exelon1,863,529
Combigan1,857,527
Onglyza1,768,340
Exforge1,762,355
Welchol1,743,549
Premarin Vaginal1,738,140
Enbrel1,651,478
Ranexa1,605,867
Invokana1,586,550
Evista1,573,950
Truvada1,568,162
Tradjenta1,528,164
Alphagan P1,499,787
Viibryd1,451,898
Effient1,432,066
Xopenex HFA1,430,199
Azor1,409,658
Norvir1,388,745
Amitiza1,323,651
Latuda1,312,129
Lotemax1,278,211
Advair HFA1,277,054
Uloric1,260,622
Patanol1,240,388
Asmanex Twisthaler1,228,416
Aggrenox1,226,201
Eliquis1,219,016
Linzess1,181,435
Atripla1,175,163
Levitra1,161,618
Epiduo1,155,645
Actonel1,124,413
Prempro Low Dose1,119,107
Novolog Flxpen Mix 70/301,104,925
Lipitor1,085,544
Grand total435,891,857
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