This statistic shows the top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S., in 2009 thousands of U.S. dollars. Lipitor, the highest ranking drug, was prescribed 42,027,000 times.
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Drug Topics. (May 19, 2010). Top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/
Drug Topics. "Top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000)." Chart. May 19, 2010. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/
Drug Topics. (2010). Top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/
Drug Topics. "Top 20 Branded Drugs by Total Prescriptions in The U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/
Drug Topics, Top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Top 20 branded drugs by total prescriptions in the U.S. in 2009 (in 1,000) [Graph], Drug Topics, May 19, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187685/top-20-branded-drugs-by-total-prescriptions-in-the-us-2009/
