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HEALTH: MEDICINES
List: Top Ten Best Selling Brand Drugs in the United States
Date: Full Year 2007
Source: Verispan VONA
Base: All branded drugs sold in the U.S.A.
Notes: Numbers are for units sold by legal prescription. The number one best-seller is Lipitor which lowers cholesterol and is also the world's biggest selling pharmaceutical brand.
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Brand
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Total Rxs (000's)
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% change 2007 vs 2006
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Lipitor
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55,122
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-11.5
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Singulair
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27,255
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10.7
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Lexapro
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27,023
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3.5
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Nexium
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26,425
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2.0
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Synthroid
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25,526
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-6.2
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Plavix
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22,336
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37.5
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Toprol XL
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21,042
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-43.3
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Prevacid
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20,397
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-3.7
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Vytorin
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19,396
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23.0
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Advair Diskus
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18,181
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-0.4
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