EPIC Program Annual Data Tables 2003-2004: Table VII

Table VII
Ten Most Frequently Purchased Types of Drugs
by Therapeutic Classification*
Therapeutic Class**Number of
Claims
Percent
of Claims
EPIC
Payments
Number of
Participants
Total***4,659,16843.24%$288,662,565
BETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKG AGENTS776,6957.20%$20,403,476140,861
DIURETICS643,8245.98%$5,114,548135,040
HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS620,6205.76%$84,363,895137,585
ANGIOTENSIN-CONV ENZYME INH588,8515.47%$21,822,011108,910
ANTIDEPRESSANTS370,0633.43%$26,635,80969,005
PROTON-PUMP INHIBITORS363,9613.38%$64,433,71786,385
BENZODIAZEPINES (ANXIOLYTIC)360,6563.35%$25,734,19673,169
OPIATE AGONISTS321,4522.98%$13,409,64583,469
THYROID AGENTS/HORMONES307,7632.86%$4,481,91356,551
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAG305,2832.83%$22,263,35563,756

*Table VII provides the percent of adjudicated claims for the program year (October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004) as they fall into particular categories of Therapeutic Class.

** American Hospital Formulary Service® (AHFS) Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification.

*** This report contains the top ten drug classes; additional drug classes comprise the remainder of claims up to 100.00%.