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Prescriber Checkup » ARMOUR THYROID

ARMOUR THYROID

THYROID,PORK

Armour Thyroid (thyroid desiccated) is a hormone replacement medicine for people with low thyroid levels. It contains T3 and T4, two types of thyroid hormones found in your body. Source: Iodine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2016

237K
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 507 of 3393

$10.1M
Retail Cost

Rank: 959 of 3393

54,142
Patients

Rank: 528 of 3393

39,580
Prescribers

Rank: 454 of 3393

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71%

of people say

it's worth it

64%

of people say

it worked well

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

157K

2012

190K

2013

212K

2014

238K

2015

237K

2016

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$1.65M

2012

$2.08M

2013

$3.53M

2014

$7.28M

2015

$10.1M

2016

Average Patient Cost

Average amount that patients paid each year.

$44

2012

$45

2013

$69

2014

$126

2015

$187

2016

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
California	6,183	24,450	$1.17M
Texas	5,897	24,370	$1.01M
Michigan	3,705	15,739	$730K
Florida	4,038	14,681	$642K
Ohio	2,532	11,280	$485K
New York	2,228	10,720	$463K
Pennsylvania	2,131	10,671	$418K
North Carolina	1,521	7,236	$287K
Indiana	1,578	6,962	$285K
New Jersey	1,540	6,938	$334K
Colorado	1,646	6,650	$295K
Missouri	1,212	6,039	$232K
Georgia	1,323	5,528	$210K
Virginia	1,083	5,035	$210K
Tennessee	1,163	4,995	$202K
Kentucky	1,006	4,811	$188K
Illinois	1,072	4,802	$194K
Arizona	1,326	4,743	$196K
Oregon	969	3,733	$150K
South Carolina	780	3,700	$140K
Massachusetts	732	3,685	$156K
Washington	962	3,663	$163K
New Mexico	790	3,538	$146K
Louisiana	762	3,230	$117K
Connecticut	652	3,165	$151K
Wisconsin	687	3,053	$140K
Oklahoma	700	2,858	$116K
West Virginia	467	2,489	$92.3K
Kansas	534	2,445	$95.9K
Maryland	551	2,099	$101K
Idaho	493	1,950	$79.3K
Nebraska	413	1,925	$79.8K
Minnesota	467	1,898	$89.1K
Arkansas	497	1,890	$68.2K
Utah	478	1,676	$71.5K
Alabama	437	1,620	$68.8K
Nevada	449	1,597	$75.1K
Iowa	345	1,482	$64K
Montana	220	1,032	$41.2K
New Hampshire	182	1,021	$41.4K
Mississippi	274	951	$36.9K
Maine	217	894	$41K
Hawaii	264	876	$46.3K
Rhode Island	126	853	$30.9K
Vermont	140	693	$33.1K
South Dakota	139	657	$27.9K
Wyoming	149	647	$28.4K
Delaware	140	588	$33.8K
North Dakota	105	488	$21.2K
Alaska	66	275	$11K
District of Columbia	63	194	$8,599

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 2016 includes more than 1.5 billion prescriptions written by 1.1 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists over 460,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. More than 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 ARMOUR THYROID

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
PAUL WELLS M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled230	ANGLETON	Texas
JEAN NELSON DO Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled224	GRAND BLANC	Michigan
NOLAN SHIPMAN M.D. Otolaryngology	Claims Filled208	BRYAN	Texas
MARK HERTZBERG M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled200	NOVI	Michigan
THOMAS CACCIOLA MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled197	PARAMUS	New Jersey
ROBERT LANG MD Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled190	MADISON	Connecticut
CHRISTOPHER CALAPAI D.O. Family Medicine	Claims Filled174	EAST MEADOW	New York
DARREN LYNCH MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled170	NORTHAMPTON	Massachusetts
CHARLES MABRAY M.D. Gynecology	Claims Filled164	VICTORIA	Texas
DAVID BROWNSTEIN M.D. Family Medicine	Claims Filled162	WEST BLOOMFIELD	Michigan
RITA RODGERS STANLEY M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled155	KANSAS CITY	Missouri
ASHIQ PATEL M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled153	LANCASTER	California
JAMES KWAKO MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled153	SANTA BARBARA	California
RICHARD WELCH M.D. Family Medicine	Claims Filled150	BOWLING GREEN	Kentucky
KIM LARK D.O. Family Medicine	Claims Filled148	CARLSBAD	New Mexico
ASHRAF MENA MD Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled147	PRINCETON	West Virginia
EDWARD LINKNER M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled146	ANN ARBOR	Michigan
LOUIS SPAGNOLETTI Pain Medicine	Claims Filled143	MARLTON	New Jersey
MICHAEL KURTZ D.O. Sports Medicine	Claims Filled140	GARDEN GROVE	California
CATHERINE WALLER M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled140	ROCHESTER HILLS	Michigan
JOSEPH GIRGIS M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled138	SHEFFIELD VILLAGE	Ohio
DEWEY BAILEY MD Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled133	ROANOKE	Virginia
CHARLIE CHANG M.D. Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled133	WEBSTER	Texas
DAVID GOLDSTEIN M.D. Physical Medicine Rehabilitation	Claims Filled130	WEXFORD	Pennsylvania
DOUGLAS HALL M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled127	OCALA	Florida