What are the most common prescriptions perscribed to patients in a clinic?

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I need to find out what are the most common medications, prescriptions, used in a health clinic for patients.

Answers:
Top prescriptions for 2005 were as follows...
(note, some prescriptions are the same yet have a different rank because of generics made my different companies, so number 1 drug of 2005 looks to be hydrocodone/apap with around 100,000+ prescriptions )

(drug) (total number of scripts written) (indications)
1. Lipitor (79170) for cholesterol
2. Hydrocodone/apap (lortab, norco) (56212) for pain
3. Norvasc (40329) for blood pressure
4. Toprol-XL (39267) beta blocker
5. Synthroid (36351) for hypoactive thyroid
6. Zoloft (31657) for depression
7 Hydrocodone/apap (31254) for pain
8 Amoxicillin (29812) for infection
9. Lexapro (29609) for depression
10. Albuterol (29435) for asthma and other lung diseases

for more info
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/Article.cfm?Menu=1&ID=3468

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