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Monday, February 8, 2010

Top 50 FDA Approved Prescription Drugs

Pharmacy School Guide - by Pharmacy Guy

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        

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