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Alert — 2008-09-08
Antipsychotics costing State Medicaid
programs dearly
Date: September 8, 2008 7:33:32 AM MDT
Subject: FDA Investigating Antipsychotic Seroquel for
Safety Problems
Seroquel is one of the newer "atypical" antipsychotics that are costing State
medicaid programs dearly. Others include Abilify, Geodon, Risperdal and Zyprexa.
Example: Florida Medicaid paid the below on kids only, 18 and under, for the last 5
years. Geodon, Seoquel and Zyprexa have ZERO FDA approved uses for children.
How much is your State Medicaid program paying for these drugs on kids Perhaps your
state legislators (and newspapers) would like to know.
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Abilify
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2003
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$1,539,509.55
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Abilify
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2004
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$5,359,775.43
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Abilify
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2005
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$8,579,480.93
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Abilify
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2006
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$10,090,910.44
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Abilify
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2007
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$10,271,082.29
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Geodon
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2003
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$904,035.19
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Geodon
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2004
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$1,187,428.90
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Geodon
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2005
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$1,189,068.28
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Geodon
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2006
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$1,484,866.82
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Geodon
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2007
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$1,722,867.61
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Risperdal
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2003
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$8,301,415.13
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Risperdal
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2004
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$8,928,425.18
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Risperdal
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2005
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$8,855,072.01
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Risperdal
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2006
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$8,868,847.84
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Risperdal
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2007
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$9,509,060.26
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Seroquel
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2003
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$3,911,146.00
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Seroquel
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2004
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$5,608,500.30
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Seroquel
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2005
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$6,690,734.14
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Seroquel
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2006
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$7,414,643.93
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Seroquel
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2007
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$7,843,666.17
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Zyprexa
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2003
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$5,850,078.39
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Zyprexa
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2004
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$4,667,326.50
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Zyprexa
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2005
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$2,312,692.06
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Zyprexa
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2006
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$1,892,506.73
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Zyprexa
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2007
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$1,992,219.54
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$134,975,359.62
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