Table 3: Proportion of enrollees who filled 1 or more potentially inappropriate prescription for the 20 most frequently used drugs on the Beers list and estimated average per-capita cost, by sex | Drug | % of enrollees who filled ≥ 1 potentially inappropriate prescription | Estimated average per-capita cost of potentially inappropriate prescriptions, $ |
|---|
| Women | Men | Overall | Women | Men | Overall |
|---|
| Lorazepam | 11.0 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 6.95 | 3.46 | 5.40 |
| Nitrofurantoin | 8.3 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 3.23 | 0.75 | 2.13 |
| Amitriptyline | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.12 | 1.85 | 3.11 |
| Quetiapine | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 8.24 | 5.95 | 7.22 |
| Clonazepam | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.02 | 1.82 | 2.49 |
| Zopiclone | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 5.25 | 3.50 | 4.47 |
| Conjugated estrogens | 4.2 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.71 | - | 2.06 |
| Glibenclamide | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.80 | 2.52 | 2.12 |
| Indomethacin | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.30 | 1.09 | 0.65 |
| Terazosin | 0.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.82 | 5.04 | 2.70 |
| Oxazepam | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.61 | 0.84 | 1.27 |
| Risperidone | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 5.48 | 3.64 | 4.66 |
| Estradiol | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.95 | - | 3.31 |
| Temazepam | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.41 | 0.96 | 1.21 |
| Metoclopramide | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.56 |
| Amiodarone | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.41 | 2.26 | 1.79 |
| Meloxicam | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.65 | 0.93 | 1.33 |
| Cyclobenzaprine | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.48 |
| Diclofenac, combinations | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.98 | 3.59 | 3.80 |
| Alprazolam | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.96 | 0.49 | 0.75 |