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OXYBUTYNIN CHLORIDE
Oxybutynin is used to control urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination in people who have overactive bladder (a condition in which the bladder muscles have uncontrollable spasms), spina bifida (a disability that occurs when the spinal cord does not close properly before birth), or other conditions that affect the bladder muscles. Oxybutynin is in a class of medications called anticholinergics. It works by relaxing the bladder muscles to prevent urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| California | 241,435 | $3.5M |
| Florida | 172,798 | $1.55M |
| Texas | 121,931 | $1.14M |
| Ohio | 105,797 | $1.07M |
| Pennsylvania | 105,518 | $1M |
| New York | 94,261 | $905K |
| Michigan | 87,960 | $913K |
| Illinois | 82,143 | $757K |
| Missouri | 70,276 | $622K |
| North Carolina | 65,971 | $609K |
| Tennessee | 65,850 | $582K |
| Washington | 64,902 | $690K |
| Indiana | 63,437 | $630K |
| Wisconsin | 55,814 | $588K |
| Georgia | 54,930 | $488K |
| Arizona | 53,194 | $534K |
| Iowa | 48,227 | $398K |
| Oregon | 46,161 | $552K |
| Minnesota | 45,358 | $489K |
| Virginia | 40,260 | $396K |
| Kentucky | 39,121 | $353K |
| Massachusetts | 38,447 | $362K |
| Louisiana | 36,322 | $327K |
| Alabama | 36,178 | $301K |
| Colorado | 35,369 | $481K |
| Oklahoma | 33,090 | $318K |
| Kansas | 31,149 | $275K |
| South Carolina | 29,577 | $275K |
| Arkansas | 29,467 | $247K |
| New Jersey | 28,998 | $281K |
| Mississippi | 25,376 | $216K |
| Maryland | 22,702 | $255K |
| Nebraska | 19,128 | $163K |
| West Virginia | 18,813 | $173K |
| New Mexico | 18,610 | $177K |
| Connecticut | 17,813 | $173K |
| Nevada | 16,619 | $154K |
| Utah | 15,721 | $147K |
| Idaho | 13,732 | $144K |
| Maine | 12,120 | $122K |
| Montana | 10,471 | $103K |
| Rhode Island | 10,365 | $87.8K |
| South Dakota | 8,687 | $79.7K |
| New Hampshire | 8,124 | $80.5K |
| North Dakota | 6,990 | $65.7K |
| Vermont | 5,437 | $54K |
| Wyoming | 4,333 | $37.7K |
| Hawaii | 3,914 | $63.3K |
| Delaware | 3,480 | $38.9K |
| Alaska | 2,237 | $20.3K |
| District of Columbia | 2,031 | $24.8K |
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 OXYBUTYNIN CHLORIDE
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMUEL MITZ MD |
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| MARION COOPER M.D. |
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| VINCENT YAVOREK M.D. |
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| RESHMA MAHMOOD MD |
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| TIMOTHY BEECHNAU D.O. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| VINCE ROGENES M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| TRAVIS BULLOCK MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ROBERT WILLIAMS MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| BODO BRAUER M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JOSEPH BARBARA M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| PALLAVI RAWTANI MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ANURADHA REDDY M.D |
Claims Filled50 |
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| LYNN LEIGH M. D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JAMES WISHAU M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| CARL SCHELER MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| MUHAMMAD NASIR MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ATLEE JOHNSON MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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PETER CHANG MD
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JOHN BURNHAM M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| CAROLANN KINNER DO |
Claims Filled50 |
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| TEIZU WOLOKOLIE M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| WARREN SIMI MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| KATHY ANDERSON M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JAMES LOGAN MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| MARK ROBERTS DO |
Claims Filled50 |