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“The hypothyroid medication levothyroxine (Synthroid<\/i>, AbbVie) continues to be the nation’s most prescribed drug, and the antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify<\/i>, Otsuka Pharmaceutical) continues to have the highest sales, at nearly $6.9 billion, according to the latest data from research firm IMS Health,” according\u00a0to the latest data from research firm IMS Health.<\/p>\n

“The data reflect a rolling 12 months of history (April 2013 – March 2014) on the top 100 drugs by total sales and total prescriptions in the United States, according to IMS Health<\/p>\n

“Following levothyroxine (with just more than 23 million prescriptions) as most prescribed drug in the United States were the cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (Crestor<\/i>, AstraZeneca), at about 22.9 million; the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole (Nexium<\/i>, AstraZeneca), at roughly 19.3 million; the asthma medication albuterol (Ventolin HFA<\/i>, GlaxoSmithKline), at about 17.5 million; and the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medication fluticasone\/salmeterol (Advair Diskus<\/i>, GlaxoSmithKline), at more than 15.5 million.”<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0<\/a>Medscape<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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