Top 50 FDA Approved Prescription Drugs

This list was compiled by trade publication Chain Drug Review.  It is based on total prescriptions filled, which is a better indicator of volume than total dollars affiliated with the sale of any particular medication.  The figures are for 2008, as data for 2009 are currently unavailable.

 

1.      Lipitor - Pfizer Inc.            

2.      Hydrocodone - Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

3.      Hydrocodone - Watson Pharmaceuticals            

4.      Amoxicillin - Teva Pharmaceuticals

5.      Levothyroxine Sodium - Mylan Laboratories                

6.      Synthroid - Abbott Pharmaceuticals               

7.      Lexapro - Forest Pharmaceuticals      

8.      Singulair - Merck & Co.                   

9.      Nexium - AstraZeneca             

10.  Plavix - Bristol-Myers Squibb              

11.  Simvastatin - Teva Pharmaceuticals            

12.  Toprol-XL - AstraZeneca             

13.  Azithromycin - Greenstone LLC           

14.  Zyrtec - Pfizer Inc.                   

15.  Vytorin - Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals               

16.  Lisinopril - Lupin Pharmaceuticals                         

17.  Warfarin Sodium - Barr/Teva Pharmaceuticals                     

18.  Hydrochlorothiazide - Teva Pharmaceuticals                        

19.  Furosemide - Mylan Pharmaceuticals                     

20.  Advair Diskus - GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals                             

21.  Protonix - Wyeth (Pfizer)            

22.  Prevacid - Takeda Pharmaceuticals America                     

23.  Effexor XR - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals           

24.  Lisinopril - Sandoz                  

25.  Diovan - Novartis                

26.  Fosamax - Merck & Co.              

27.  Oxycodone                - Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals          

28.  Cephalexin - Teva Pharmaceuticals               

29.  Amlodipine Besylate - Mylan Pharmaceuticals               

30.  Levothyroxine Sodium - Lannett Pharmaceuticals               

31.  Metoprolol Hydrochloride - Mylan Pharmaceuticals                   

32.  Sertraline Hydrochloride - Greenstone LLC            

33.  Zetia - Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals  

34.  Crestor - AstraZeneca             

35.  Metformin Hydrochloride - Teva Pharmaceuticals                    

36.  Seroquel - AstraZeneca             

37.  Levaquin - Ortho-McNeil                  

38.  Lisinopril - Teva Pharmaceuticals                 

39.  Diovan HCT - Novartis             

40.  Atenolol - Mylan Pharmaceuticals              

41.  Azithromycin - Teva Pharmaceuticals                  

42.  Actos - Takeda Pharmaceuticals America                

43.  Cymbalta - Eli Lilly & Co.         

44.  Prednisone - Watson Pharmaceuticals                 

45.  Flomax - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals  

46.  Proair HFA - Teva Pharmaceuticals        

47.  Celebrex - Pfizer Inc.                 

48.  Norvasc - Pfizer Inc.                 

49.  Atenolol - Sandoz                  

50.  Lantus - Sanofi-Aventis