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Prescribing Patterns

Top 30 Drugs for Service Year 2017

The top drugs based on total amount paid, along with their ranks for earlier service
years. These drugs account for more than 73% of total drug costs.

Paid Share
Service Year Rank By Service Year
2017 Drug Name Brand/Generic Status 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
8.4% Oxycontin Brand 1 1 1 1 1
6.1% Gabapentin Generic for Neurontin 2 2 2 2 5
6.0% Lyrica Brand 3 3 5 5 4
5.8% Oxycodone HCL Generic for Oxycontin if extended release 4 4 3 3 7
4.6% Oxycodone HCL-Acetaminophen Generic for Percocet 5 5 4 4 8
4.5% Lidocaine Generic for Xylocaine 6 8 8 8 35
4.1% Percocet Brand 7 6 6 6 6
2.9% Diclofenac Sodium Generic for Cambia, Cataflam, Voltaren-XR, etc. 8 38 47 45 45
2.8% Duloxetine HCL Generic for Cymbalta 9 9 9 7 115
2.2% Cyclobenzaprine HCL Generic for Flexeril 10 10 10 14 17
2.1% Terocin Brand 11 7 7 10 53
2.1% Morphine sulfate Generic for Avinza, Kadian, Ms Contin 12 11 11 9 16
1.7% Tizanidine HCL Generic for Zanaflex 13 13 15 16 15
1.6% Duragesic Brand for Fentanyl 14 15 17 12 18
1.6% Hydromorphone HCL Generic for Dllaudid, Dilaudid-5, Exalgo 15 12 12 21 37
1.5% Nucynta Brand 16 16 20 27 29
1.3% Topiramate Generic for Topamax 17 24 23 24 24
1.3% Flurbiprofen Generic for Ansaid 18 14 13 32 77
1.2% Nucynta ER Brand 19 31 34 38 41
1.2% Lidopro Patch Brand 20 17 80 n/a n/a
1.1% Meloxicam Generic for Mobic, Vivlodex 21 18 19 15 14
1.1% Zofran Brand 22 26 26 26 28
1.0% Celecoxib Generic for Celebrex 23 19 18 115 n/a
1.0% Ondansetron Generic for Zofran 24 25 83 103 64
1.0% Baclofen Generic for Lioresal, Gablofen 25 22 25 35 65
0.9% Fentanyl Transdermal System Generic for Ionsys 26 33 24 17 13
0.9% Movantik Brand 27 42 72 n/a n/a
0.9% Oxymorphone HCL Generic for Opana, Opana ER 28 27 29 33 42
0.9% Suboxone Brand 29 36 41 39 30
0.8% Metaxalone Generic for Skelaxin 30 28 21 25 23

Source: DE Medical Data Call Service Years 2017-2013