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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedThe Hartford's top 25 drugs in 2003 workers' compensation: ranked by total $ costs
Risk & Insurance, August, 2004
Prescription drugs are often blamed for big increases in health costs. In The Hartford's annual survey of drugs used to treat workers, the cost of the drug Tizanidine, a muscle relaxant, was found to have increased by 60 percent from 2002 to 2005. The average price increase of the top 25 drugs prescribed in workers' comp cases for The Hartford was 12 percent.
Oxycontin, a narcotic pain-relief medication, remained the most expensive drug prescribed in the workers' comp field, according to the survey.
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RANK
COST
DRUG NAME 2003 2002 INCREASE *
Oxycontin 1 1 15%
Neurontin 2 3 12%
Celebrex 3 2 12%
Hydroco/Apap 4 5 12%
Vioxx 5 4 6%
Duragesic 6 6 14%
Bextra 7 11 33%
Carisoprodol 8 7 8%
Ambien 9 9 14%
Skelaxin 10 13 29%
Lidoderm 11 22 12%
Tizanidine 12 37 60%
Cyclobenzapr 13 12 11%
Tramadol Hcl 14 35 30%
Actiq 15 32 55%
Ultracet 16 19 23%
Percocet 17 21 30%
Ranitidine 18 27 26%
Propo-N/Apap 19 14 -3%
Effexor Xr 20 17 13%
Naproxen 21 16 17%
Topamax 22 24 22%
Morphine Sul 23 29 -1%
Zoloft 24 18 6%
Wellbutrin 25 31 3%
Sub-Total Top 25 12%
* Change in the average prescription cost in the
calendar year for claimants receiving the drug.
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