EPIC Program Annual Data Tables 2006-2007: 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***5,272,02346.90%$336,258,835
BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENT1,205,49910.73%$38,890,866164,503
HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS729,5406.49%$75,486,343154,665
DIHYDROPYRIDINES574,5105.11%$36,045,49977,961
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME536,6304.78%$14,533,035105,144
PROTON-PUMP INHIBITORS434,3233.86%$65,380,312100,689
ANTIDEPRESSANTS399,7593.56%$22,355,97872,297
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGO387,1273.44%$26,305,82779,255
PLATELET-AGGREGATION INHIBITOR339,3473.02%$42,192,82440,749
OPIATE AGONISTS336,8042.99%$11,433,52289,201
THYROID AGENTS328,4842.92%$3,634,62962,932

* Table VII provides the percent of adjudicated claims for the program year (October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007) 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%.