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TORSEMIDE

Treats fluid retention (edema) caused by congestive heart failure, kidney disease, or liver disease. Source: National Library of Medicine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2014

1.32M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 200 of 3362

$23.5M
Retail Cost

Rank: 603 of 3362

282,219
Patients

Rank: 243 of 3362

112,243
Prescribers

Rank: 229 of 3362

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This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

1.01M

2011

1.06M

2012

1.19M

2013

1.32M

2014

1.41M

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$29.4M

2011

$27.3M

2012

$27M

2013

$23.5M

2014

$24.8M

2015

Average Patient Cost

Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.

$45

2011

$44

2012

$39

2013

$35

2014

$38

2015

Note: While the rest of this page displays data from 2014, the charts above display data through 2015, from a special release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
New York	24,022	107,599	$1.92M
Texas	21,237	89,339	$1.65M
Ohio	16,851	76,615	$1.7M
Florida	17,803	69,823	$1.08M
Pennsylvania	12,542	62,452	$1.03M
North Carolina	12,525	61,996	$973K
Illinois	12,581	58,358	$984K
New Jersey	12,377	49,485	$757K
Georgia	10,331	47,902	$819K
Missouri	9,281	47,253	$761K
Indiana	10,010	46,318	$891K
Michigan	11,260	44,518	$829K
California	9,809	41,208	$802K
Tennessee	8,743	40,304	$700K
Alabama	8,400	37,950	$618K
Massachusetts	7,161	37,347	$833K
Minnesota	6,310	29,944	$622K
South Carolina	6,246	28,793	$451K
Kentucky	5,869	28,579	$501K
Oklahoma	5,989	26,572	$543K
Louisiana	5,422	26,510	$369K
Virginia	5,158	22,711	$399K
Washington	4,871	21,778	$448K
West Virginia	4,150	20,707	$324K
Mississippi	3,622	18,237	$257K
Wisconsin	3,214	15,919	$298K
Nebraska	2,712	14,691	$240K
Oregon	3,117	14,455	$318K
Arkansas	2,729	13,399	$193K
Iowa	2,494	13,310	$206K
Kansas	2,495	12,376	$207K
Connecticut	2,514	10,705	$229K
Arizona	2,392	8,655	$154K
Idaho	1,716	8,019	$151K
Colorado	1,734	7,500	$139K
Nevada	1,783	6,814	$113K
New Hampshire	1,418	6,698	$137K
Utah	1,727	6,652	$146K
Maryland	1,697	5,858	$121K
Vermont	1,051	4,832	$82.3K
Montana	934	4,511	$74.1K
South Dakota	607	3,505	$52.3K
Rhode Island	494	2,595	$46K
Maine	566	2,229	$52.1K
New Mexico	617	2,223	$40.4K
Alaska	277	1,746	$24.6K
North Dakota	326	1,630	$25.5K
District of Columbia	324	1,245	$24.6K
Hawaii	275	1,177	$18.6K
Wyoming	192	857	$14.4K
Delaware	192	642	$17.3K

About This Data

Prescribing data from Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, was compiled and released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees the program. The data for 2014 includes more than 1.4 billion prescriptions written by more than 1.3 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 428,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. Almost three-fourths of these prescriptions 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
ALI MOHAMMED M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled477	FLINT	Michigan
JEFFREY AMIDON D.O. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled471	ROME	New York
BRAJESH BHATLA M.D. Nephrology	Claims Filled470	HARLINGEN	Texas
KAMBIZ ZANDI-NEJAD M.D. Nephrology	Claims Filled468	BOSTON	Massachusetts
RICHARD HOLM MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled466	BROOKINGS	South Dakota
ALAN BOONIN MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled463	SHAVERTOWN	Pennsylvania
IMRAN VIRK M.D. Interventional Cardiology	Claims Filled461	OKLAHOMA CITY	Oklahoma
MARSHALL ANDERSON M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled460	BURLINGTON	North Carolina
KOMAL CHANDAN M.D Adult Medicine	Claims Filled459	NIAGARA FALLS	New York
D SOYA M.D. Cardiovascular Disease	Claims Filled458	AMARILLO	Texas
JOSEPH JACOBS MD Nephrology	Claims Filled455	BETHLEHEM	Pennsylvania
KANDARP PATEL M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled453	JACKSON	Tennessee
THOMAS WOOLDRIDGE MD Nephrology	Claims Filled450	TUPELO	Mississippi
THOMAS LEE MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled448	HARTFORD CITY	Indiana
GAUTAM CHERLA MD Nephrology	Claims Filled448	SPRINGFIELD	Missouri
MARIA ROSA COSTANZO MD Cardiovascular Disease	Claims Filled443	NAPERVILLE	Illinois
ILDEFONSO RIVERA MD Cardiovascular Disease	Claims Filled435	BAYAMON	Puerto Rico
ASHRAF ABOURAHMA M.D. Cardiovascular Disease	Claims Filled435	OAK LAWN	Illinois
MARK BARATS M.D. Nephrology	Claims Filled434	WEST HOLLYWOOD	California
MARK RUMANCIK MD Nephrology	Claims Filled422	FORT WAYNE	Indiana
MICHAEL PAYNE M.D. Family Medicine	Claims Filled422	CASSVILLE	Missouri
DAVID CUNDEY M.D. Cardiovascular Disease	Claims Filled421	AIKEN	South Carolina
DAVID ZELECHOSKI M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled417	LEWISBURG	Pennsylvania
MARK PAMER D.O. Pulmonary Disease	Claims Filled416	PORT SAINT LUCIE	Florida
GUIDO RING MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled411	CORDELE	Georgia