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<DIV><BR>> Excretion Percentages - Top 10 US Pharmaceuticals in 2003 by Sales<BR>> Lipitor - cholesterol reduction - < 2% excreted<BR>> Zocor - cholesterol reduction - < 0.5% excreted<BR>> Prevacid - ulcers - < 1% excreted<BR>> Procrit - anemia - < 5% excreted<BR>> Zyprexa - antipsychotic - 7% excreted<BR>> Epogen - anemia - < 5% excreted<BR>> Nexium - acid reflux - < 1% excreted<BR>> Zoloft - antidepressant - 14% excreted<BR>> Celebrex - anti-inflammatory - < 3% excreted<BR>> Neurontin - antiseizure - 100% excreted<BR>> Leading OTC drug: Ibuprofen - 10% excreted</DIV>
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<DIV> What happens to these drugs in a typical municipal waste water treatment plant(WWTP)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone have numbers for the birth control/hormone materials? (top ten prescriptions,% excreted, reduction by WWTP)???</DIV>
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