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LITHIUM CARBONATE
Lithium is used to treat and prevent episodes of mania (frenzied, abnormally excited mood) in people with bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder; a disease that causes episodes of depression, episodes of mania, and other abnormal moods). Lithium is in a class of medications called antimanic agents. It works by decreasing abnormal activity in the brain. Source: National Library of Medicine
At a Glance: This Drug in 2013
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 200 of 3238
Retail Cost
Rank: 612 of 3238
Patients
Rank: 305 of 3238
Prescribers
Rank: 281 of 3238
User Reviews of Related Drug Lithium »
43%
of people say
it's worth it
31%
of people say
it worked well
26%
of people say
it's a huge hassle
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17,276 | 118,381 | $1.85M |
| New York | 12,686 | 99,117 | $1.43M |
| Pennsylvania | 10,474 | 80,850 | $1.16M |
| Texas | 10,486 | 64,903 | $952K |
| Florida | 10,403 | 64,826 | $936K |
| Ohio | 8,026 | 61,572 | $903K |
| Massachusetts | 6,868 | 53,221 | $813K |
| Illinois | 5,995 | 46,357 | $658K |
| Michigan | 6,332 | 43,955 | $698K |
| North Carolina | 6,098 | 41,427 | $618K |
| Missouri | 4,751 | 35,309 | $473K |
| Wisconsin | 4,067 | 33,402 | $560K |
| Washington | 4,590 | 32,928 | $510K |
| Virginia | 4,628 | 32,915 | $456K |
| New Jersey | 4,304 | 32,380 | $456K |
| Tennessee | 4,855 | 32,007 | $477K |
| Indiana | 3,720 | 26,609 | $427K |
| Maryland | 3,507 | 25,038 | $362K |
| Georgia | 3,744 | 24,014 | $321K |
| Minnesota | 3,237 | 23,731 | $423K |
| Arizona | 3,440 | 22,686 | $333K |
| Connecticut | 2,861 | 22,346 | $325K |
| Oregon | 2,923 | 20,817 | $329K |
| Kentucky | 3,046 | 20,377 | $293K |
| Louisiana | 2,958 | 19,741 | $259K |
| Colorado | 2,854 | 19,695 | $320K |
| Alabama | 2,857 | 19,369 | $233K |
| Arkansas | 2,329 | 16,409 | $209K |
| Iowa | 2,000 | 16,251 | $197K |
| South Carolina | 2,400 | 15,298 | $228K |
| Oklahoma | 1,913 | 13,417 | $171K |
| Kansas | 1,718 | 12,825 | $180K |
| Maine | 1,713 | 12,204 | $202K |
| Mississippi | 1,679 | 11,503 | $149K |
| West Virginia | 1,535 | 10,391 | $148K |
| Nebraska | 1,354 | 10,365 | $150K |
| New Hampshire | 1,283 | 9,883 | $138K |
| Utah | 1,361 | 9,717 | $143K |
| Rhode Island | 1,191 | 8,869 | $131K |
| Idaho | 1,254 | 8,569 | $129K |
| New Mexico | 1,267 | 7,670 | $106K |
| Nevada | 985 | 5,423 | $92.3K |
| Montana | 724 | 5,167 | $71.8K |
| Vermont | 690 | 5,039 | $90.9K |
| South Dakota | 517 | 4,544 | $55.2K |
| Delaware | 587 | 3,674 | $59.5K |
| Hawaii | 504 | 3,328 | $53.1K |
| North Dakota | 427 | 3,116 | $46.4K |
| Alaska | 268 | 2,278 | $31.4K |
| District of Columbia | 497 | 2,237 | $37.7K |
| Wyoming | 280 | 1,887 | $31.8K |
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. ProPublica combined that data with additional information released by CMS. The data for 2013 includes nearly 1.4 billion prescriptions written by 1.3 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 410,000 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 LITHIUM CARBONATE
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT MORTON MD |
Claims Filled1,023 |
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| MARK SLAVEN MD |
Claims Filled900 |
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| MICHAEL REINSTEIN PSYCHIATRIST |
Claims Filled734 |
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| STEVEN ORTELL MD |
Claims Filled733 |
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| MARY GALONSKI MD |
Claims Filled723 |
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| MOHD MALIK M.D. |
Claims Filled620 |
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| PAUL GROSS MD |
Claims Filled581 |
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| MILLA KAREV MD |
Claims Filled579 |
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| VIKRAM MEHRA M.D. |
Claims Filled554 |
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| RAMON GARCIA M.D. |
Claims Filled547 |
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| ERIC RITTERHOFF MD |
Claims Filled545 |
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| SYLVIA LAGDAN ARNP |
Claims Filled534 |
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| KENNETH WRIGHT M.D. |
Claims Filled526 |
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| JEREMY DEFRANCO M.D. |
Claims Filled524 |
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| IKECHUKWU OHIAERI M.D. |
Claims Filled506 |
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| MOHAMMAD HASAN MD |
Claims Filled506 |
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| NARSIMHA MUDDASANI M.D. |
Claims Filled491 |
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| PHILLIP ROWDEN M.D. |
Claims Filled488 |
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| MEREDITH FINE MD |
Claims Filled488 |
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| JANAK MEHTANI M.D. |
Claims Filled487 |
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| ETHAN KISCH M.D. |
Claims Filled480 |
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| NEAL FELLOWS D.O. |
Claims Filled467 |
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| TODD ROSEN MD |
Claims Filled463 |
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| ERIC MOFFET MD |
Claims Filled460 |
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| JAMES GRINDLE PMH NP |
Claims Filled457 |