It’s a classic medicine cabinet in Spanish homes, despite the fact that a prescription is required to purchase it. It is used, according to its package insert, for the treatment of moderate or intense acute post-operative or post-traumatic pain, of colic type or of tumor origin. This analgesic It is also used in cases of high fever that does not respond to other measures or other medications. We are talking about Nolotil, the best-selling medicine in our country in the last 12 months (updated as of September 2024), according to data published by the Medicines Observatory of the Business Federation of Spanish Pharmacists (FEFE).
In the top ten, behind Nolotil, with 28.6 million units sold, they appear in this order: I add 100an antiplatelet agent used to prevent blood clots (19.1 million); painkillers Paracetamol Kern (18.8), Paracetamol Cinfa (16.7) and Enantyum (16.3); the gastric protector Omeprazole Cinfamed (10.3), the antithyroid Euthyrox (9.8), the antihypertensive Bisoprolol Normon (7,7); the anxiolytic Loracepan Normon (7.4) and the diuretic Furosemide Uxa (7.4).
Among the 30 best-selling medications in units, there are 9 analgesics, 5 anxiolytics, and 3 hypocholesterolemic agents.
On the other hand, the ranking of the drugs with higher billing It is headed by the anticoagulant Eliquis (200.5 million euros), followed by the antidiabetics Jardiance (138.4) and Ozempic (137.6); the anticoagulant Xarelto (126.2); Forxiga (113.2) for heart failure; the antidiabetic Rybelsus; Entresto (112.5) for heart failure; the anticoagulant Lixiana (111.5), the antidiabetic Trulicity (105.5); and Prolia (96.3) for osteoporosis.
Among the 30 with the highest turnover, there are 10 antidiabetics, 5 anticoagulants, 3 antiasthmatics and 2 hypocholesterolemics. There are no coincidences between the 30 best-selling medications in units and by billing.
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