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Top 100 Most Prescribed, Top-Selling Drugs
There has been little change in top-prescribed and top-selling prescription drugs in the United States, according to the latest data from research firm IMS Health.
Hypothyroid medication levothyroxine (Synthroid, AbbVie) continues to be the nation's most prescribed drug, and the antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify, Otsuka Pharmaceutical) continues to have the highest sales.
The data reflect a rolling 12 months of history (July 2013 - June 2014) on the top 100 drugs by total sales and total prescriptions in the United States.
Following levothyroxine (with 22.6 million prescriptions) as the most prescribed drug in the United States were the cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (Crestor, AstraZeneca), at about 22.5 million prescriptions; the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole (Nexium, AstraZeneca), at roughly 18.6 million prescriptions; and the asthma medications albuterol (Ventolin HFA, GlaxoSmithKline), at 17.5 million prescriptions, and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (Advair Diskus, GlaxoSmithKline), at 15 million prescriptions.
Rounding out the top 10 most prescribed drugs for the period (in order) were the antihypertensive valsartan (Diovan, Novartis), the insulin glargine injection (Lantus Solostar, sanofi-aventis), the antidepressant duloxetine (Cymbalta, Eli Lilly), the attention-deficit drug lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse, Shire), and the antiepileptic pregabalin (Lyrica, Pfizer).
After aripiprazole, which had sales of $7.2 billion for the period of July 2013 through June 2014, the next best selling drugs for the period were the arthritis drug adalimumab (Humira, AbbVie, $6.3 billion), esomeprazole (Nexium, $6.3 billion), rosuvastatin (Crestor, nearly $5.6 billion), and the arthritis drug etanercept (Enbrel, Amgen, nearly $5.1 billion).
Rounding out the top 10 in sales were Advair Diskus ($5.0 billion), the antiviral drug sofosbuvir (Sovaldi, Gilead, $4.4 billion), the arthritis drug infliximab (Remicade, Centocor; $4.3 billion), the insulin glargine injection (Lantus Solostar, sanofi-aventis, $3.8 billion), and the neutropenia drug pegfilgrastim (Neulasta, Amgen; nearly $3.7 billion).