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The top 200 brand drugs in 2003 (by retail dollars)

Which brand drugs reigned supreme and which declined in the pecking order last year? Here is the lowdown from Verispan for brand drugs by retail dollars. The top 200 drugs by units (prescriptions) will be published in our March 22 issue.

 

2002
Rank
2003
Rank
Product
Total dollars
(add 000)

1
2
4
11
6
5
8
10
16
21
13
9
15
22
14
12
27
29
25
19
20
7
23
26
17
31
35
30
37
33
36
39
34
200>
46
68
41
44
51
28
42
38
45
40
3
146
32
56
53
65
52
59
43
87
62
70
75
54
60
50
48
58
83
69
61
63
80
71
67
108
85
73
64
89
82
66
79
103
91
88
200>
109
200>
72
102
78
143
200>
99
95
98
86
104
130
200>
134
106
100
114
112
94
117
101
123
97
144
55
137
122
116
125
194
139
119
154
110
149
90
200>
136
142
124
150
200>
156
105
153
145
113
129
77
107
200>
176
127
200>
49
200>
185
135
120
115
140
186
200>
147
200>
179
200>
133
198
141
151
132
155
173
152
177
118
167
138
200>
168
200>
126
200>
163
81
160
200>
162
165
200>
159
192
170
189
200>
200>
158
172
200>
111
199
200>
121
200>
200>
184
183
178
157
200
200>
74
200>
200>
182
200>
200>

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200

Lipitor
Prevacid
Zocor
Nexium
Zoloft
Celebrex
Zyprexa
Neurontin
Effexor XR
Advair Diskus
OxyContin
Norvasc
Wellbutrin SR
Plavix
Pravachol
Vioxx
Singulair
Protonix
Ambien
Risperdal
Allegra
Paxil
Fosamax
Actos
Celexa
Zithromax Z-
Levaquin
Zyrtec
Seroquel
Viagra
Aciphex
Duragesic
Avandia
Lexapro
Topamax
Bextra
Flonase
Toprol XL
Enbrel
Premarin Tabs
Synthroid
Imitrex Oral
Lotrel
Ortho Tri-Cyclen
Prilosec
Paxil CR
Cipro
Valtrex
Concerta
Clarinex
Lamisil Oral
Diovan
Depakote
Adderall XR
Altace
Lamictal
Tricor
Evista
Cozaar
Accupril
Flovent
Nasonex
Diovan HCT
Flomax
Procrit
Aricept
Coreg
Allegra-D
Diflucan
Actonel
Zofran
Glucovance
Combivir
Humalog
Detrol LA
Rebetol
Glucophage XR
Pulmicort Respules
Combivent
Hyzaar
Strattera
Skelaxin
Ortho Evra
PEG-Intron
Lovenox
Avonex
Lantus
Abilify
Zithromax Susp
Cefzil
Levoxyl
Xalatan
Trizivir
Omnicef
Zetia
Trileptal
CellCept
Ditropan XL
Biaxin XL
Kaletra
Glucotrol XL
Prograf
Asacol
Rhinocort Aqua
Lotensin
Augmentin ES-600
Accutane
Ultracet
Nasacort AQ
Avapro
Mobic
Viread
Provigil
Sustiva
Zithromax
Copaxone
Xopenex
Coumadin Tabs
Elidel
Geodon Oral
Depakote ER
Patanol
Avelox
Pegasys
AndroGel
Neupogen
Zyrtec Syrup
Amaryl
Biaxin
Humalog Mix 75/25 Pn
Prozac
Humulin N
Yasmin 28
Actiq
Epivir
Augmentin XR
Prempro
Lidoderm
Keppra
Proscar
Monopril
Viracept
Betaseron
Niaspan
Gleevec
Imitrex Inj
Amnesteem
BenzaClin
Alphagan P
Miacalcin Nasal
Lescol XL
Zomig
Inderal LA
Humulin 70/30
Bactroban
Aldara
Famvir
RenaGel
Zerit
Macrobid
Tequin
Thalomid
DDAVP
Zyrtec-D
Klor-Con
Avalide
Differin
Serevent
Casodex
Arimidex
Tobradex
Atacand
Humira
Sporanox
Tussionex
Cosopt
Catapres-TTS
Xeloda
Gonal-F
Plendil
Arava
Zelnorm
Serzone
Exelon
Percocet-10
Tiazac
Aviane
Endocet
Dovonex
Penlac
Arthrotec
Lescol
Prevpac
Pletal
Glucophage
Viramune
Serevent Diskus
Epogen
Temodar
Pulmicort Turbuhaler
All others

$5,538,587
3,568,558
3,277,856
2,700,297
2,580,509
2,206,389
2,185,718
2,060,046
2,047,193
2,008,429
1,841,967
1,820,452
1,709,891
1,695,685
1,663,303
1,630,173
1,625,263
1,614,188
1,565,451
1,468,415
1,449,846
1,400,905
1,366,901
1,332,104
1,260,303
1,209,239
1,158,64
1,118,911
1,110,580
1,104,858
1,083,214
1,049,845
1,046,145
965,666
912,933
905,188
889,893
889,799
883,700
856,921
850,825
850,088
843,375
816,238
810,891
775,564
716,420
681,082
668,316
646,790
646,026
632,121
630,794
621,034
614,886
582,281
556,490
552,960
536,027
534,713
532,577
531,272
530,650
515,122
514,724
486,249
485,358
481,326
480,251
463,914
463,726
459,463
457,900
448,545
441,725
441,440
429,536
426,402
405,072
400,835
393,300
391,702
385,224
382,923
370,083
367,952
366,434
364,546
361,641
356,428
350,567
348,935
347,922
346,582
346,565
345,518
337,791
334,894
325,698
324,490
319,835
315,921
314,196
310,864
307,366
304,515
301,497
293,502
292,550
287,276
286,191
285,551
282,273
282,100
279,945
279,130
275,824
273,696
272,911
265,046
263,894
263,320
247,411
245,656
244,495
243,434
242,058
241,860
240,574
238,728
238,562
232,776
230,072
226,046
225,776
223,788
223,172
219,583
215,286
213,137
211,726
208,939
199,834
194,999
194,632
194,177
193,905
193,714
193,467
192,671
192,623
191,647
190,836
189,839
189,094
188,321
187,264
183,587
181,996
179,606
175,970
175,425
174,265
174,129
173,274
172,917
172,875
170,783
166,268
165,349
164,604
162,849
162,432
161,739
160,624
157,311
155,226
155,063
151,562
151,542
150,791
149,104
148,822
147,478
147,129
146,223
144,964
144,092
143,701
142,628
140,326
139,872
138,400
138,144
137,029
136,908
136,251
135,775
135,764
135,494
24,700,747

Source: Verispan SPA Year 2003

 



The top 200 brand drugs of 2003 (by retail dollars). Drug Topics Mar. 8, 2004;148:72.

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