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HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN
HYDROCODONE/ACETAMINOPHEN
Used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Source: National Library of Medicine
Important Information About This Drug
Prescription opioids (painkillers) can help alleviate certain kinds of pain in the short term but carry serious health risks.
As many as one quarter of those receiving these drugs over a long period of time in a primary care setting struggle with addiction.
Read more about the appropriate use of these drugs and speak to your doctor about their risks.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
At a Glance: This Drug in 2015
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 7 of 3395
Retail Cost
Rank: 34 of 3395
Patients
Rank: 3 of 3395
Prescribers
Rank: 1 of 3395
This Drug's History
Claims
The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year
31.4M
2011
32.9M
2012
34.8M
2013
33.5M
2014
29.5M
2015
Spending
The total Part D spending on this drug
each year
$430M
2011
$462M
2012
$568M
2013
$676M
2014
$727M
2015
Average Patient Cost
Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.
$23
2011
$24
2012
$31
2013
$33
2014
$38
2015
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 910,456 | 3,397,833 | $103M |
| Texas | 447,546 | 1,961,114 | $58.2M |
| Michigan | 398,543 | 1,705,627 | $44.6M |
| Florida | 504,094 | 1,658,444 | $36.8M |
| Tennessee | 302,601 | 1,290,927 | $26.9M |
| Illinois | 316,334 | 1,168,611 | $26.9M |
| Georgia | 297,616 | 1,128,713 | $25.5M |
| Alabama | 243,658 | 1,110,645 | $24.3M |
| Ohio | 322,484 | 1,090,927 | $25.8M |
| North Carolina | 303,551 | 1,019,133 | $22.6M |
| Indiana | 244,990 | 1,002,133 | $24.1M |
| Kentucky | 191,839 | 910,753 | $21.7M |
| Pennsylvania | 269,748 | 906,617 | $24.6M |
| Missouri | 217,672 | 816,101 | $20.6M |
| New York | 231,269 | 737,046 | $22.3M |
| Louisiana | 177,434 | 715,864 | $14.8M |
| South Carolina | 174,086 | 635,285 | $14.6M |
| Oklahoma | 135,673 | 586,571 | $15.4M |
| Washington | 172,064 | 586,113 | $12.9M |
| Mississippi | 136,779 | 576,617 | $10.8M |
| Virginia | 171,212 | 572,383 | $12.3M |
| Arkansas | 122,820 | 510,293 | $11.7M |
| Wisconsin | 142,194 | 486,063 | $10.5M |
| Arizona | 160,894 | 457,453 | $10.7M |
| Oregon | 127,029 | 456,417 | $10.6M |
| Kansas | 93,679 | 357,305 | $8.34M |
| West Virginia | 76,406 | 348,022 | $7.73M |
| Colorado | 113,015 | 347,762 | $8.48M |
| Iowa | 90,488 | 320,890 | $6.88M |
| Minnesota | 105,711 | 308,766 | $6.57M |
| Nevada | 78,634 | 278,831 | $7.24M |
| Massachusetts | 78,389 | 219,326 | $4.97M |
| Utah | 60,180 | 210,323 | $4.99M |
| Idaho | 54,085 | 203,906 | $5.23M |
| Nebraska | 49,114 | 172,095 | $3.63M |
| New Mexico | 49,918 | 162,863 | $3.79M |
| Maryland | 64,322 | 161,039 | $3.64M |
| New Jersey | 58,936 | 151,620 | $4.88M |
| Connecticut | 42,458 | 115,447 | $3.42M |
| Maine | 32,545 | 115,218 | $2.94M |
| Montana | 29,533 | 107,425 | $2.36M |
| South Dakota | 23,477 | 75,816 | $1.57M |
| Rhode Island | 22,202 | 71,852 | $1.38M |
| New Hampshire | 21,063 | 57,568 | $1.21M |
| Hawaii | 20,431 | 54,191 | $1.39M |
| North Dakota | 16,833 | 51,789 | $1.07M |
| Wyoming | 12,706 | 40,681 | $905K |
| Delaware | 13,073 | 32,225 | $767K |
| Vermont | 8,719 | 29,857 | $623K |
| Alaska | 9,116 | 29,203 | $670K |
| District of Columbia | 5,550 | 10,811 | $301K |
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 2015 includes more than 1.4 billion prescriptions written by nearly 1.4 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 447,000 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 HYDROCODONE-ACETAMINOPHEN
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS SCHERLIS MD |
Claims Filled8,075 |
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| DARIUS MCGEE FNP |
Claims Filled7,431 |
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| RODDIE GANTT MD |
Claims Filled7,008 |
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| SRINIVAS SUNKAVALLY M.D. |
Claims Filled6,634 |
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| LAXMAIAH MANCHIKANTI M.D. |
Claims Filled6,585 |
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| LLOYD DYAS MD |
Claims Filled6,425 |
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| DANIEL HARRIS MD |
Claims Filled6,232 |
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| MARTIN MARTUCCI M.D. |
Claims Filled6,020 |
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| BUTCHAIAH GARLAPATI M.D. |
Claims Filled5,897 |
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| EDWIN KELSEY M.D. |
Claims Filled5,798 |
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| JOHN RICHARD M.D. |
Claims Filled5,793 |
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| WINFRED SARDAR MD |
Claims Filled5,773 |
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| DANIEL SERRATO M.D. |
Claims Filled5,649 |
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| YOGESH MALLA M.D. |
Claims Filled5,585 |
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| CARL D'AGOSTINO M.D. |
Claims Filled5,567 |
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| MICHAEL HAYDEL M.D. |
Claims Filled5,469 |
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| ANDREAS REVELIS M.D. |
Claims Filled5,419 |
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| RICHARD LINGREEN MD |
Claims Filled5,301 |
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| MICHAEL SHRAMOWIAT LLC |
Claims Filled5,278 |
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| CAROLYN SMITH MD |
Claims Filled5,135 |
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| THOMAS RATINO M.D. |
Claims Filled5,087 |
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| HAMMAD MALIK M.D. |
Claims Filled5,053 |
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| RANDALL RODGERS D.O. |
Claims Filled4,929 |
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| LI-HERNG LIU M.D. |
Claims Filled4,878 |
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| RAMAKRISHNA SETTIPALLI M.D. |
Claims Filled4,861 |