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TORSEMIDE
Treats fluid retention (edema) caused by congestive heart failure, kidney disease, or liver disease. This medicine also treats high blood pressure alone or together with other blood pressure medicines. This medicine is a diuretic ("water pill"). More info »
AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2012
Totals only include the 50 U.S. States and Washington D.C.
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 72,491 | $2.06M |
| New York | 69,104 | $1.81M |
| Ohio | 63,412 | $1.8M |
| Florida | 60,135 | $1.46M |
| Pennsylvania | 50,676 | $1.03M |
| Illinois | 48,016 | $1.26M |
| North Carolina | 46,363 | $1.25M |
| New Jersey | 45,717 | $1.07M |
| Georgia | 43,046 | $1.09M |
| Indiana | 37,142 | $1.04M |
| Missouri | 37,133 | $922K |
| Alabama | 33,389 | $728K |
| California | 32,375 | $842K |
| Tennessee | 31,909 | $856K |
| Michigan | 29,781 | $811K |
| Kentucky | 26,085 | $677K |
| Oklahoma | 25,964 | $719K |
| South Carolina | 25,154 | $647K |
| Louisiana | 24,579 | $481K |
| Massachusetts | 21,887 | $662K |
| Minnesota | 21,517 | $563K |
| West Virginia | 20,889 | $482K |
| Virginia | 19,678 | $523K |
| Mississippi | 18,623 | $379K |
| Washington | 15,903 | $512K |
| Nebraska | 12,210 | $284K |
| Wisconsin | 12,206 | $329K |
| Arkansas | 11,202 | $231K |
| Iowa | 11,191 | $271K |
| Kansas | 10,422 | $246K |
| Oregon | 9,135 | $273K |
| Connecticut | 7,830 | $241K |
| Idaho | 6,942 | $181K |
| Arizona | 6,404 | $189K |
| Nevada | 5,421 | $139K |
| Utah | 5,138 | $174K |
| Colorado | 4,925 | $131K |
| New Hampshire | 4,885 | $168K |
| Maryland | 3,883 | $117K |
| Montana | 3,832 | $96K |
| Vermont | 3,404 | $88.1K |
| South Dakota | 2,792 | $62.1K |
| Rhode Island | 2,039 | $48.5K |
| New Mexico | 1,788 | $46.9K |
| Maine | 1,377 | $58.8K |
| Alaska | 1,352 | $31.7K |
| Hawaii | 1,221 | $22.1K |
| North Dakota | 1,049 | $20.4K |
| District of Columbia | 748 | $19K |
| Wyoming | 668 | $20.5K |
| Delaware | 527 | $19.4K |
About This Data
ProPublica obtained prescribing data from Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, under the Freedom of Information Act. The data for 2012 includes more than 1.2 billion prescriptions written by nearly 1.5 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 382,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. Almost three-fourths went to patients 65 and older; the rest were for disabled patients. Methodology »
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Top prescribers for TORSEMIDE
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGARDO CESPEDES MD |
Claims Filled400 |
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| RICHARD HOLM MD |
Claims Filled399 |
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| IMRAN VIRK M.D. |
Claims Filled394 |
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| MARSHALL ANDERSON M.D. |
Claims Filled393 |
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| JOHN BERTSCH MD |
Claims Filled390 |
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| REZA JALAL MD |
Claims Filled385 |
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| GEORGE MARINIDES MD |
Claims Filled382 |
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| WILLIAM RHODES MD |
Claims Filled381 |
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| THOMAS SMITH M.D. |
Claims Filled379 |
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| WILSON DAVIS MD |
Claims Filled379 |
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| YITZCHAK HERMONI M.D. |
Claims Filled377 |
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| BENJAMIN IGWEMEZIE M.D. |
Claims Filled374 |
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| WILLIAM KENDRICK M.D. |
Claims Filled372 |
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| D SOYA M.D. |
Claims Filled370 |
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| DONALD BURKINDINE DO |
Claims Filled370 |
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| ABDEL-MONEIM ATTIA MD |
Claims Filled369 |
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| ASIF RAHMAN M.D. |
Claims Filled367 |
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| KAMBIZ ZANDI-NEJAD M.D. |
Claims Filled355 |
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| DAVID LAW M.D. |
Claims Filled354 |
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| ROBERT GREER M.D. |
Claims Filled352 |
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| MARTIN HARVEY MD |
Claims Filled350 |
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| ARVIND KAMATH MD |
Claims Filled348 |
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| WILLIAM WINKELMEYER M.D. |
Claims Filled343 |
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| ABDOLLATIF GHIATHI D.O. |
Claims Filled343 |
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| MARK RUMANCIK MD |
Claims Filled341 |