Scotland's bill for prescription drugs has risen by more than a quarter in 10 years.
More than £1.19 billion was spent in 2014/15, an increase of 27.1 per cent in costs.
Almost 2.7 million prescriptions for paracetamol were given out to patients.
The most commonly used painkiller, Paracetamol, was the fourth most prescribed drug, with 2,696,597 prescriptions dispensed over the course of the year.
A total of101.1 million items were prescribed - a rise of 2.4 per cent on 2013/14 and up by more than a third over the last decade.
Almost 3.47 million of the drug Omeprazole was dispensed to treat acidic stomaches and indigestion.
Statin type drug Simvastatin was dispensed almost 2.86 million time and 2.79 million co-codamol painkillers were dispensed at a cost of £15.57m. Prescription charges in Scotland were abolished in 2011.
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said the new figures "underpins concerns of inappropriate prescribing."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "Health professionals only prescribe medication to patients who have a clear clinical need."
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