Drug Topics - June 30, 2008 - (Page 5) 5 Of Interest to Pharmacists TOP 200 DRUGS USED IN HOSPITALS IN 2007 These are the top 200 brand and generic drugs by wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) dollars used in hospitals from January to December 2007. The data were provided by Wolters Kluwer Health. Total WAC$ 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 Lovenox $1,439,160,706.20 Aranesp 1,205,294,058.52 Procrit 1,203,980,493.62 Revlimid 1,147,083,051.20 Neulasta 978,025,524.97 Remicade 824,166,788.08 Rituxan 784,234,886.09 Levaquin 660,577,513.72 Avastin 620,749,250.00 Zosyn 607,392,801.29 Neupogen 469,471,435.00 Eloxatin 434,555,790.27 Diprivan 413,125,097.68 Propofol 379,620,200.96 Omnipaque 371,714,039.73 Integrilin 364,539,597.86 Advair Diskus 357,210,674.00 Sodium Chloride 353,704,475.12 Zyvox 351,909,684.78 Herceptin 343,750,460.54 Protonix 316,752,173.21 Taxotere 315,780,974.35 Angiomax 282,019,227.00 Thrombin-jmi 271,543,205.15 Cancidas 267,224,010.43 Ultane 259,433,572.20 Seroquel 257,045,523.79 Carimune NF Nanofiltered 254,653,738.44 Protonix IV 240,275,856.00 Gemzar 240,111,851.33 Erbitux 232,413,120.00 Visipaque 223,937,867.44 Primaxin 222,294,600.59 Simvastatin 220,223,665.11 Gammagard S/d 208,909,132.40 Morphine Sulfate 201,864,994.76 Vancomycin Hcl 199,411,693.98 Nexium 199,301,062.01 Plavix 196,306,313.67 Zometa 194,304,625.24 Gamunex 192,641,747.73 Camptosar 192,285,263.82 Risperdal 191,384,213.14 Zyprexa 183,023,540.43 Lupron Depot 179,484,144.43 Prevacid 172,401,832.90 Azithromycin 172,396,865.64 Lipitor 169,750,979.01 Cubicin 167,715,284.76 Suprane 164,680,915.93 Normal Saline Flush 162,137,709.18 Cardene I.V. 159,456,577.60 Adenoscan 156,193,823.28 Synagis 154,321,821.96 Ondansetron HCl 152,084,330.37 Omeprazole 150,748,535.09 Ceftriaxone 148,340,352.60 Zemuron 147,123,390.64 Alimta 142,441,328.94 Maxipime 139,559,915.95 Novoseven 138,510,900.00 Lantus 138,312,954.71 Optiray 320 137,088,165.02 Activase 136,377,876.77 Merrem 136,261,308.98 Epogen 136,257,807.20 Reopro 134,391,446.28 Isovue-300 131,906,824.27 % change from 2006 12.51% -11.96% -7.15% 115.34% 14.10% 10.83% 11.53% 1.90% 26.88% 16.80% 6.09% 12.82% 9.89% -9.63% 6.42% 3.90% 12.33% 39.96% 18.38% 6.10% 4.67% 10.65% 22.20% 6.42% -2.99% -8.87% 9.29% 15.73% -36.31% 12.34% 10.21% 15.19% -5.08% 334.51% 110.79% 0.90% 23.56% 16.43% 11.71% -8.30% -13.61% 11.91% 0.01% 0.23% 10.38% -14.55% 40.68% 2.38% 49.30% 6.17% 16.67% 32.77% 4.38% 6.91% 250.10% 53.84% -50.04% 15.21% 28.82% -13.03% 20.16% 21.06% -3.55% 19.07% 17.58% -25.11% -13.43% 9.15% 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 Aciphex Fentanyl Combivent Zoladex Abilify Singulair Enbrel Magnevist Argatroban Thymoglobulin Nexium I.v. Novolog Ambisome Cipro I.v. Sandostatin Lar Keppra Optiray 350 Albuminar-25 Botox Venofer Paclitaxel Effexor Xr Gabapentin Aloxi Gardasil Trasylol Xigris Metformin Hcl Risperdal Consta Xopenex Prograf Isovue-370 Natrecor Velcade Octreotide Acetate Cefazolin Sodium Novolin R Cellcept Lucentis Tygacil Midazolam Hcl Topamax Lamictal Ampicillin-sulbactam Actos Invanz Flovent Hfa Humira Sevoflurane Pneumovax 23 Decavac Alkeran Fluarix Kytril Oxycontin Fosamax Thalomid Fentanyl Citrate Spiriva Potassium Chloride Doxil Gammagard Liquid Truvada Ampicillin Sodium Aricept Ketorolac Tromethamine Dextrose 5% Water Coreg Total WAC$ 131,826,552.35 131,636,488.84 128,368,171.25 126,461,176.91 123,354,225.27 121,614,274.87 120,716,376.46 118,692,606.50 118,222,703.74 116,637,283.50 116,084,796.77 115,567,578.84 111,737,214.00 111,311,914.20 $111,145,755.92 $108,066,365.55 $105,015,841.02 $103,859,382.67 $100,845,960.00 $100,720,400.00 $100,524,667.44 $99,897,406.14 $99,864,825.86 $99,050,859.00 $98,862,764.75 $98,745,567.63 $98,657,553.60 $97,735,426.01 $97,542,518.01 $97,247,375.72 $96,354,724.22 $94,708,512.13 $91,872,508.56 $89,386,638.00 $88,803,231.72 $88,788,090.25 $88,606,398.03 $88,156,623.45 $87,202,050.00 $85,109,725.20 $84,524,112.01 $83,215,132.07 $82,084,096.81 $80,742,069.65 $80,440,114.54 $77,963,251.70 $77,892,446.65 $76,181,987.32 $76,065,985.58 $75,783,724.29 $75,005,257.80 $74,997,858.90 $74,548,915.00 $74,104,482.55 $73,997,651.49 $72,337,214.01 $71,349,913.50 $71,142,625.47 $70,691,748.26 $70,437,652.36 $70,292,904.68 $70,009,207.04 $69,923,300.80 $69,438,110.25 $68,718,808.93 $67,986,031.08 $67,711,381.81 $67,295,310.02 % change from 2006 -20.32% 7.04% 1.79% -0.86% 22.25% 14.47% 3.47% 16.04% 24.10% 8.24% 24.61% 43.49% -10.03% -4.13% 13.46% 115.29% 13.43% 119.58% 22.71% 20.38% -29.18% 13.45% -14.74% 30.69% 387.81% -33.70% -10.97% -12.25% 21.03% 5.40% 8.96% 28.02% -6.35% 27.15% 5.01% -15.81% 14.45% 10.76% 175.58% 71.82% -13.55% 19.49% 24.65% 34.77% 18.54% 27.11% 8.13% 40.42% 525.65% 21.05% -3.32% 29.24% 353.70% -41.65% 69.79% -3.22% -2.05% 2.19% 42.65% 9.00% 5.74% 118.09% 4.92% 7.57% 15.00% 8.96% 15.25% -13.28% 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 Total WAC$ % change from 2006 13.00% 7.12% 16.61% 12.40% 2.27% 50.58% 462.75% 22.08% -16.16% 28.37% 17.61% -35.06% -3.99% -21.13% 116.85% 24.24% -3.55% 20.45% -55.54% -2.57% 14.43% 68.06% 183.54% 10.30% 8.86% 28.99% 33.68% 845.85% 28.01% 10.65% 76.44% 23.79% 14.57% 280.97% -27.21% 57.19% 1.54% 17.45% 18.16% 9.58% 12.74% 9.02% -34.07% 6.00% -11.40% 39.31% 7.52% -0.81% 4.87% 1.06% -91.07% -6.49% -51.20% 494.37% 6.21% 361.05% 3.15% -5.61% -29.23% 25.41% -7.01% 10.25% 15.12% 79.12% Geodon $66,260,626.69 Solu-medrol $66,188,275.45 Zyrtec $65,560,437.53 Avelox I.v. $65,182,740.00 Lexapro $65,102,184.78 Abraxane $64,642,349.08 Atripla $64,551,866.20 Zetia $64,459,777.99 Fluconazole In Saline $64,277,534.53 Cathflo Activase $64,201,872.03 Lidocaine Hcl $64,193,478.83 Avandia $64,172,912.02 Engerix-b $64,172,237.84 Lorazepam $63,769,694.62 Vytorin $63,321,479.32 Hydromorphone Hcl $62,776,255.83 Heparin Sodium $62,618,269.80 Depakote Er $62,575,639.83 Carboplatin $62,571,634.89 Ferrlecit $62,391,600.00 Fragmin $62,269,288.48 Arixtra $60,679,760.11 Dacogen $60,579,190.00 Hycamtin $60,181,592.07 Cervidil $59,620,813.47 Azactam $59,061,594.37 Isovue Multipack $58,294,442.96 Tysabri $58,001,834.51 Gliadel $57,778,302.00 Gleevec $57,771,753.64 Fluticasone Propionate $57,093,015.39 Celebrex $56,901,468.50 Zyprexa Zydis $56,692,685.66 Merrem Iv $56,380,383.04 Flebogamma $56,146,769.28 Cymbalta $54,981,755.90 Prevnar $54,829,086.30 Reyataz $54,784,808.74 Glucagen $54,563,611.32 Imitrex $53,993,078.23 Hydrocodoneacetaminophen $53,833,865.04 Vfend Iv $53,520,053.23 Omniscan $53,510,209.73 Cozaar $52,748,270.14 Diltiazem Hcl $52,295,601.09 Xolair $52,151,190.46 Intralipid $52,126,429.36 Zemplar $52,066,857.35 Cleocin Phosphate In D5w $51,832,394.63 Avonex $51,656,931.00 Zocor $51,436,707.00 Proleukin $51,256,829.28 Ambien $50,894,155.13 Vectibix $50,888,000.00 Metro Iv $50,741,392.18 Proventil Hfa $50,593,592.97 Recombivax Hb $50,379,170.05 Amox Tr-potassium Clavulanate $50,377,149.67 Flonase $49,945,890.15 Crofab $49,795,032.00 Tnkase $49,510,717.74 Diovan $49,505,560.43 Vfend $49,248,171.48 Mycamine $48,827,757.00 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health
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