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Table 1
Top 10 drugs by defined daily dose/thousand population/day - 1992
|
| Drug
|
PBS/RPBS
|
Guild survey
|
Total community
use
|
| 1. salbutamol
|
22.800
|
7.468
|
30.268
|
| 2. frusemide
|
20.419
|
2.529
|
22.948
|
| 3. beclomethasone dipropionate*
|
12.017
|
0.249
|
12.266
|
| 4. captopril
|
11.886
|
0.011
|
11.897
|
| 5. oestrogens conjugated+
|
4.204
|
6.251
|
10.455
|
| 6. budesonide
|
10.360
|
0.009
|
10.369
|
| 7. naproxen
|
6.509
|
3.611
|
10.120
|
| 8. medroxyprogesterone
|
5.331
|
4.555
|
9.886
|
| 9. digoxin
|
8.315
|
1.499
|
9.814
|
| 10. hydrochlorothiazide with amiloride
|
6.959
|
2.791
|
9.750
|
|
* unlike 1991, data includes only inhaled preparations
|
|
+ due to the recent assignment of DDDs to some products, conjugated oestrogens would have appeared at number 7 in the 1991 top 10 table.
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|
Changes from 1991 table:
In budesonide, medroxyprogesterone
Out theophylline, verapamil
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Table 2
Top 10 drugs by prescription counts - 1992
|
| Drug
|
PBS/RPBS
|
Guild survey
|
Total community
use
|
| 1. amoxycillin
|
2,954,575
|
3,666,479
|
6,621,054
|
| 2. salbutamol
|
3,825,136
|
1,059,235
|
4,884,371
|
|
3. paracetamol
|
3,108,221
|
86,707
|
3,194,928
|
| 4. doxycycline
|
1,348,068
|
1,730,803
|
3,078,871
|
| 5. atenolol
|
1,899,145
|
1,027,461
|
2,926,606
|
| 6. temazepam
|
2,282,800
|
595,775
|
2,878,575
|
| 7. codeine with paracetamol
|
1,943,975
|
857,570
|
2,801,545
|
| 8. betamethasone
|
1,610,851
|
1,143,325
|
2,754,176
|
| 9. enalapril
|
2,679,731
|
2,683
|
2,682,414
|
| 10. amoxycillin with potassium clavulanate
|
1,855,709
|
825,274
|
2,680,983
|
|
Changes from 1991 table:
In enalapril, codeine with paracetamol, amoxycillin with potassium clavulanate
Out beclomethasone dipropionate, oxazepam, erythromycin
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Table 3
Top 10 drugs by cost to government - 1992
|
| Drug
|
PBS/RPBS
DDD/1000/day
|
PBS/RPBS
scripts
|
Cost to
government ($A)
|
| 1. simvastatin
|
5.626
|
1,795,568
|
81,657,469
|
| 2. enalapril
|
8.942
|
2,679,731
|
69,878,719
|
| 3. captopril
|
11.886
|
1,351,589
|
59,435,547
|
| 4. ranitidine
|
7.109
|
1,495,166
|
50,464,080
|
| 5. salbutamol
|
22.800
|
3,825,136
|
45,053,358
|
| 7. cimetidine
|
5.856
|
1,249,344
|
31,945,143
|
| 6. beclomethasone dipropionate*
|
12.894
|
2,247,857
|
31,553,757
|
| 8. ipratropium bromide
|
7.063
|
1,071,677
|
30,483,688
|
| 9. budesonide
|
10.360
|
980,819
|
28,055,618
|
| 10. glyceryl trinitrate
|
8.647
|
1,315,521
|
27,774,725
|
|
* unlike 1991, data includes only inhaled preparations
|
|
Changes from 1991 table:
In budesonide, cimetidine, ipratropium bromide
Out felodipine, nifedipine, verapamil
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