Prescription Drug Sales - Top Selling U.S. Medications List

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Prescription Drug Sales
Top Selling U.S. Medications List

Here is a summary of 2008 U.S. prescription drug sales, for the 30 top selling drugs, compared with 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 U.S. drug sales.

Comparing a drug's sales year-over-year CAN indicate a drug that is being phased out due to severe side effects, and/or inefficacy.

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. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Top U.S. Prescription Drug Sales List - Comparison Chart
2003 Sales Rank	2004 Sales Rank	2005 Sales Rank	2006 Sales Rank	2007 Sales Rank	2008 Sales Rank	Drugs Listed by 2007 Sales	. 2006 World-Wide Sales	Primary Use (# of complaints)	Company	. Location
1	1	1	1	1	1	Lipitor	$ 14,300 M	cholesterol (1,367)	Pfizer	New York, NY
5	4	2	2	2	2	Nexium	$ 5,100 M	heartburn	AstraZeneca	London, Eng.
12	7	7	7	5	3	Plavix	$ 6,000 M	anticoagulant	Bristol-Myers Squibb	New York, NY
11	8	5	4	3	4	Advair Diskus	$ 6,100 M	asthma	GlaxoSmithKline	London, Eng.
3	3	3	3	4	5	Prevacid	$ 3,400 M	heartburn	TAP Pharma	Lake Forest, IL
32	19	14	11	7	6	Seroquel	$ 3,500 M	depression - (148)	AstraZeneca	London, Eng.
23	16	9	5	6	7	Singulair	$ 3,500 M	asthma - (2,426)	Merck	Whitehouse Station, NJ
14	13	8	6	8	8	Effexor	$ 3,700 M	depression	Wyeth	Madison, NJ
20	25	24	51	33	9	Oxycontin	-	pain	Purdue Pharma	Stamford, CT
55	31	13	10	9	11	Lexapro	$ 2,600 M	depression	Forest Labs.	Commack, NY
29	26	15	14	10	10	Actos	$ 2,800 M	diabetes	Takeda Pharma.	Osaka, Japan
16	14	11	12	11	68	Protonix	$ 3,600 M	heartburn	Wyeth	Madison, NJ
>200	>200	49	22	12	18	Vytorin	$ 1,900 M	cholesterol	Merck	Whitehouse Station, NJ
49	43	25	20	13	13	Topamax	$ 2,000 M	migraine - (679)	Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick, NJ
17	18	18	18	14	28	Risperdal	$ 4,100 M	schizophrenia	Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick, NJ
111	53	29	24	15	12	Abilify	$ 1,900 M	schizophrenia	Otsuka Pharma.	Tokushima, Japan
>200	>200	61	35	16	14	Cymbalta	$ 1,300 M	depression	Eli Lilly	Indianapolis, IN
75	54	34	26	17	19	Lamictal	$ 1,800 M	epilepsy - (322)	GlaxoSmithKline	London, Eng.
6	9	16	19	18	15	Zyprexa	$ 4,300 M	schizophrenia	Eli Lilly	Indianapolis, IN
25	29	20	25	19	22	Levaquin	$ 1, 500 M	antibiotic - (2,358)	Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick, NJ
8	10	26	27	20	20	Celebrex	$ 2,000 M	arthritis	Pfizer	New York, NY
126	68	39	32	21	30	Zetia	$ 1, 900 M	cholesterol	Merck	Whitehouse Station, NJ
72	61	36	31	22	16	Valtrex	$ 1,500 M	herpes	GlaxoSmithKline	London, Eng.
>200	88	51	37	23	17	Crestor	$ 2,000 M	cholesterol	AstraZeneca	London, Eng.
21	20	17	23	24	133	Fosamax	$ 3,100 M	osteoporosis (155)	Merck	Whitehouse Station, NJ
33	39	31	29	25	>200	Zyrtec	$ 2,300 M	allergy	Pfizer	New York, NY
109	78	46	38	26	21	Lantus	$ 2,000 M	diabetes	Sanofi-Aventis	Paris, France
90	69	35	33	27	23	Adderall XR	$ 900 M	amphetamine	Shire Pharma.	Hampshire, Eng.
>200	>200	>200	52	37	24	Lyrica	-	antiseizure	Pfizer	New York, NY
65	57	43	39	28	25	Diovan	$ 4,200 M	hypertension (100)	Novartis	Basel, Swit.
79	63	45	40	30	26	Tricor	$ 1,500 M	cholesterol	Abbott Labs.	Abbott Park, IL
71	73	59	47	36	27	Flomax	-	urinary - (120)	Boehringer-Ingelheim	Ingleheim, Ger.
83	73	48	42	32	29	Diovan HCT	-	hypertension	Novartis	Basel, Swit.
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	- -
>200	>200	>200	13	41	>200	Ambian	$ 2,545 M	insomnia - (166)	Sanofi-Aventis	Paris, France
36	36	19	17	29	76	Avandia	$ 3,043 M	diabetes	GlaxoSmithKline	London, Eng.
41	33	27	36	46	48	Enbrel	$ 4,379 M	arthritis	Wyeth	Madison, NJ
>200	>200	>200	59	47	32	Spiriva	$ 1,735 M	bronchospasm	Boehringer-Ingelheim	Ingleheim, Ger.
13	15	10	9	52	>200	Norvasc	$ 4,866 M	hypertension - Pfizer	These drugs fell into disfavor in 2007.
68	74	60	56	59	54	Cozaar/ Hyzaar	$ 3,163 M	hypertension - Merck
35	30	77	58	53	40	Lovenox	$ 3,059 M	anticoagulant - Sanofi
160	148	115	101	99	87	Gleevec/ Glivec	$ 2,554 M	leukemia - Novartis
4	5	85	88	105	118	Procrit	$ 3,180 M	anemia - J&J
>200	155	76	76	76	109	Yasmin 28	-	birth control (4,799)
>200	107	84	79	162	85	Humira	$ 2,044 M	arthritis - Abbott
7	6	6	15	170	>200	Zoloft	$ 2,110 M	depression - Pfizer (271)
2	2	4	8	>200	>200	Zocor	$ 2,803 M	cholesterol - Merck (487)	These drugs have fallen off the map. Once thought good, where are they now?
28	22	>200	>200	>200	>200	Remicade	$ 4,428 M	Crohn's Disease - J&J
46	17	187	168	>200	>200	Aranesp	$ 4,121 M	anemia - Amgen
37	38	>200	>200	>200	>200	MabThera/ Rituxan	$ 3,861 M	cancer - Genentech
120	106	>200	>200	>200	>200	Herceptin	$ 3,134 M	breast cancer - Roche
40	24	>200	>200	>200	>200	Neulasta	$ 2,710 M	chemotherapy - Amgen
9	12	>200	>200	>200	>200	Epogen	$ 2,511 M	anemia - Amgen
>200	183	>200	>200	>200	>200	Avastin	$ 2,364 M	cancer - Roche
58	67	>200	>200	>200	>200	Prevnar	$ 1,961 M	vaccine - Wyeth
10	11	123	>200	>200	>200	Neurontin	-	seizures - Pfizer
18	21	22	65	>200	>200	Pravachol	-	cholesterol - Bristol-M.
38	32	62	98	>200	128	Duragesic	-	pain - Janssen
39	124	147	159	>200	>200	Prilosec	-	heartburn - Astrazenica
62	58	98	105	>200	>200	Paxil	-	depression - GSK (188)
19	37	>200	>200	>200	>200	Vioxx	-	pain - Merck
158	149	>200	>200	>200	>200	lisinopril	-	hypertension - Teva - (2,148)
>200	>200	>200	>200	>200	>200	Mirena	-	birth control (3,398)
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008			(xxx) above refers to the number of side effect complaints at medications.com
Red = Sales drop from previous year Green = Sales increase from previous year >200 = Drugs that have shrunk in sales							2003 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200_2003.html 2004 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200_2004.html 2005 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200_2005.html 2006 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200_2006.html 2007 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200_2007.html 2008 Data Source: http://www.drugs.com/top200.html Other World-Wide Sales Data- 2004 - www.pharmalive.com/special&endash;reports/sample.cfm?reportID=191 2005 - Forbes.com (IMS Health, Feb. 2006) 2006 Data Source (old): Pharm Exec 50, May 1, 2007 - Link expired 2006 Data Source (new): Wiki - WW List_of_bestselling_drugs (2006)
50	50	50	50	50		120	90	150	130	170

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This Vaughns Top Prescription Drug Sales Summary Chart
was last updated on 2012-07-21.