E-DRUG: Australia's Top 10 drugs 2007-08
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Each year Australian Prescriber publishes Top 10 drugs in Australia
according to various criteria.
Here is information from two of the tables for 2007-08: Top 10 drugs by
numbers of prescriptions and Top 10 by cost in Australian dollars to the
Australian government
From Australian Prescriber, Volume 31, Number 6 , December 2008
More details and categories can be seen at
http://www.australianprescriber.com/upload/pdf/articles/992.pdf
Top 10 drugs by prescription counts
1. atorvastatin 10 542 015
2. simvastatin 5 773 055
3. esomeprazole 5 221 504
4. perindopril 3 836 043
5. omeprazole 3 702 832
6. paracetamol 3 666 627
7. atenolol 3 245 793
8. pantoprazole 3 150 985
9. irbesartan 3 085 338
10. metformin hydrochloride 2 961 175
Top 10 drugs by cost to Government in Au$
1. atorvastatin 585 491 600
2. simvastatin 237 274 763
3. clopidogrel 196 649 817
4. esomeprazole 184 420 078
5. salmeterol and fluticasone 160 894 401
6. olanzapine 158 220 450
7. omeprazole 108 931 730
8. rosuvastatin 104 846 840
9. venlafaxine 104 082 531
10. tiotropium bromide 100 464 420
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*Beverley Snell*
*Senior Fellow*
*Centre for International Health*
*Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health *
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