Leading Prescriptions Dispensed--Through All Channels [*].(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

          Leading Prescriptions Dispensed--Through All Channels [*]                                               PRESCRIPTIONS % CHANGE RANK PRODUCT            MANUFACTURER             DISPENSED  VS 1997   1  Premarin           Wyeth-Ayerst                46,759    +  4%   2  Synthroid          Knoll                       38,810    +  7%   3  Hydrocodone w/Apap Watson                      29,371    + 17%   4  Trimox             Apothecon                   28,522    - 17%   5  Prilosec           Astra Merck                 26,662    + 26%   6  Albuterol          Warrick                     25,997    + 19%   7  Lipitor            Parke Davis                 24,897    +196% …