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Just curious what drugs seem to be dispensed the most at pharmacies, I would think SSRIs, Viagra and its relatives, Diabetes/Cholesterol/Heart Management drugs. Anyone?
What drugs do Pharmacist dispense the most?
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Hydrocodone. BY FAR. Then oxycodone. Then Lipitor.
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SSRIs: yeah kinda
Viagra: not that much, however many of my pts are on medicare/medicaid
Diabetes/Cholesterol/Heart Management: moreso than the above 2 combined. metformin, hctz, lipitor, metoprolol...the list goes on and on and on
You also forgot everyone's favorite, benzodiazepines and painkillers...tylenol #3, vicodin, percocets, oxycodone products, etc. Thousands and thousands of percocets...
Viagra: not that much, however many of my pts are on medicare/medicaid
Diabetes/Cholesterol/Heart Management: moreso than the above 2 combined. metformin, hctz, lipitor, metoprolol...the list goes on and on and on
You also forgot everyone's favorite, benzodiazepines and painkillers...tylenol #3, vicodin, percocets, oxycodone products, etc. Thousands and thousands of percocets...
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Generic Vicodin is always #1 on out weekly reports!
I must live in a different place.....hctz, amox, furosemide, lipitor, norvasc - if you are looking at #'s of rxs/unit of time (day, week, month) & even #'s of units/time.
My narcotics are lower on the list & probably approximate all the ssri/srni's. Rare percocet (approx 1/mo) more oxycontin, fentanyl, ms & methadone (I'm close to 2 pain management clinics & a provider for a hospice so my mix is different.
My narcotics are lower on the list & probably approximate all the ssri/srni's. Rare percocet (approx 1/mo) more oxycontin, fentanyl, ms & methadone (I'm close to 2 pain management clinics & a provider for a hospice so my mix is different.
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Blue Watsons, Blue Watsons, Blue Watsons
Generic Norco
Lipitor 20, 40
Norvasc
HCTZ
Cyclobenzaprine
Ambien
Flagyl
Fluconazole
Acyclovir
Valtrex
Albuterol MDI
These are a few of my favorite things...I mean fast rack items!
Generic Norco
Lipitor 20, 40
Norvasc
HCTZ
Cyclobenzaprine
Ambien
Flagyl
Fluconazole
Acyclovir
Valtrex
Albuterol MDI
These are a few of my favorite things...I mean fast rack items!
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Hydrocodone and benzodiazepines. I think this year we have dispensed around 50,000 generic vicodin.
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Here's a link to the top 200 drugs of 2005.
Number one is Lipitor.
Number one is Lipitor.
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HCTZ 25mg & Hydrocodone/APAP 5/500 have to be our top two. After that probably Amoxicillin 500, azithromycin pak, Lipitor 20, cyclobenzaprine 10, lisinopril 20, citalopram 20, albuterol MDI, sertraline 100.
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Ah, but note that hydrocodone/apap has multiple manufacturers. 79 million lipitors vs. about 100 million hydrocodones.
Them Vicodins are popular...
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Yeah right. Who the hell cares about hyperlipidemia? Patients have pain! They need unlimited vicodin and percocets!
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Top 200 I believe is by dollar amount. I was refering to actual number of units or pills sold. Hydrocodone wins by a mile....
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OK, I've figured this out.
The list you linked to does show hydrocodone/APAP second, but that is only for the Mallinkrodt (sp?) brand of hydrocodone/APAP. Notice the abbreviation MKR. The Watson hydrocodone/APAP is #7. If you were to combine the # of individual scripts for those two manufacturers alone, it comes out ahead of Lipitor. Also, the Qualitest brand is #29. There may be others on the list.
The actual number of hydrocodone/APAP scripts (considering all the different generic manufacturers) dispensed in 2005 was way more than Lipitor. 101639 for hydrocodone/APAP and 79170 for Lipitor.
Thats from: http://www.rxlist.com/top200.htm
So, Lipitor is probably #1 for dollar sales, but hydrocodone/APAP is definitely #1 for number of scripts dispensed.
All - when is your next final?
I hope you've had time to study while tabulating all the generic vicodin columns!
Just j/king!!!!!
How about azithromycin - anybody running lots of that? I'm dispensing equal #s of azithromycin & amox rxs/day the last 2 weeks (I've been off for a week...) Now...the actual tablet/capsule # count will be different but as for azithromycin...that is currently Dec's antibiox of the month in N CA (especially for kids).
Wouldn't Zpak have a fit if he knew?????
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Tomorrow and then I have my last one on Thursday. They are exactly midterms. Tomorrow is Microbiology, and Thursday is Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2. Then, I'm done! Then, I get the joy of the semester with the highest amount of required hours. O the joy!All - when is your next final?
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Tomorrow and then I have my last one on Thursday. They are exactly midterms. Tomorrow is Microbiology, and Thursday is Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2. Then, I'm done! Then, I get the joy of the semester with the highest amount of required hours. O the joy!
Good luck genesis!.......now.......close SDN!!!!! & study!
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All - when is your next final?
I hope you've had time to study while tabulating all the generic vicodin columns!
Just j/king!!!!!
How about azithromycin - anybody running lots of that? I'm dispensing equal #s of azithromycin & amox rxs/day the last 2 weeks (I've been off for a week...) Now...the actual tablet/capsule # count will be different but as for azithromycin...that is currently Dec's antibiox of the month in N CA (especially for kids).
Wouldn't Zpak have a fit if he knew?????
Who wants to study when you can think about VICODIN!?!
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All - when is your next final?
I hope you've had time to study while tabulating all the generic vicodin columns!
Just j/king!!!!!
How about azithromycin - anybody running lots of that? I'm dispensing equal #s of azithromycin & amox rxs/day the last 2 weeks (I've been off for a week...) Now...the actual tablet/capsule # count will be different but as for azithromycin...that is currently Dec's antibiox of the month in N CA (especially for kids).
Wouldn't Zpak have a fit if he knew?????
I think we do more amox and bactrim than ghetto z-packs (its what i like to call it when we throw 6 tabs of greenstone azithromycin into a bottle, instead of those fancy packages...). But I see a lot of PCP prophylaxis and whatnot, so that could skew things a bit.
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How about azithromycin - anybody running lots of that? I'm dispensing equal #s of azithromycin & amox rxs/day the last 2 weeks (I've been off for a week...) Now...the actual tablet/capsule # count will be different but as for azithromycin...that is currently Dec's antibiox of the month in N CA (especially for kids).
Wouldn't Zpak have a fit if he knew?????
I've seen a lot of Z-Paks this week, too. But, it's probably running second to Augmentin and still, way, way, behind the Vicodin and Xanax.
