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4 Billion Prescriptions Filled in 2011

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September 12, 2012 Updated Sep 12, 2012 at 7:49 PM PDT

Use of prescription drugs in the United States continues to rise, with slightly more than 4 billion prescriptions filled last year, according to a new analysis.

The 4.02 billion prescriptions dispensed in 2011 is an increase from the 3.99 billion prescriptions dispensed in 2010, according to the analysis, published in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

Sales of prescription drugs increased as well, from $308.6 billion in 2010, to $319.9 billion in 2011.

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