$31 Billion Spent On Top 10 Prescribed Drugs, USA
These were:
Lipitor
Total Expenditure: $7.8 billion
Number of persons: 13.1 million
Zocor
Total Expenditure: $5.5 billion
Number of persons: 7.5 million
Prevacid
Total Expenditure: $3.5 billion
Number of persons: 5.2 million
Nexium
Total Expenditure: $3.2 billion
Number of persons: 4.5 million
Celebrex
Total Expenditure: $2.9 billion
Number of persons: 6.0 million
Norvasc
Total Expenditure: $2.4 billion
Number of persons: 5.9 million
Advair
Total Expenditure: $2.2 billion
Number of persons: 4.2 million
Paxil
Total Expenditure: $2.2 billion
Number of persons: 4.5 million
Allegra
Total Expenditure: $2.2 billion
Number of persons: 9.2 million
Zoloft
Total Expenditure: $2.1 billion
Number of persons: 4.7 million
The dollar amounts and number of persons with expenditures for these drugs are rounded. MEPS collects information each year from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households about health care use, expenses, access, health status and quality for Americans other than those in nursing homes or other institutions. MEPS is a unique government survey because of the degree of detail in its data, as well as its ability to link data on health services spending and health insurance to demographic, employment, economic, health status, and other characteristics of individuals and families.
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