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LEVOCETIRIZINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE

Levocetirizine is an antihistamine used to relieve the symptoms of hay fever and hives of the skin. Source: National Library of Medicine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2015

1.03M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 232 of 3395

$24.1M
Retail Cost

Rank: 646 of 3395

301,259
Patients

Rank: 235 of 3395

88,281
Prescribers

Rank: 280 of 3395

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it's worth it

88%

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it worked well

13%

of people say

it's a huge hassle

Alternatives:

Allegra Benadryl Clarinex Claritin Zyrtec

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

166K

2011

393K

2012

662K

2013

814K

2014

1.03M

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$13M

2011

$16.5M

2012

$21.8M

2013

$26.2M

2014

$24.1M

2015

Average Patient Cost

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

$48

2011

$37

2012

$35

2013

$41

2014

$34

2015

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
Texas	36,165	106,346	$2.67M
California	26,909	87,594	$2.07M
Florida	22,694	71,972	$1.83M
New York	22,141	68,979	$1.62M
New Jersey	21,734	67,875	$1.61M
Pennsylvania	14,039	57,564	$1.4M
Alabama	18,761	55,709	$1.02M
Louisiana	13,431	47,322	$820K
Kentucky	9,924	42,879	$844K
North Carolina	9,847	39,391	$898K
Tennessee	10,146	33,725	$703K
Georgia	8,601	28,994	$651K
Ohio	7,056	28,300	$786K
Illinois	7,078	26,139	$630K
Virginia	6,973	24,807	$571K
Michigan	4,799	16,988	$467K
South Carolina	4,380	16,470	$374K
Indiana	4,179	15,556	$435K
Maryland	4,814	15,402	$441K
Missouri	3,683	15,396	$335K
Mississippi	4,273	13,910	$270K
Connecticut	3,024	10,507	$279K
Arizona	3,166	10,341	$300K
Oklahoma	2,714	9,599	$297K
West Virginia	2,176	9,121	$192K
Washington	2,296	8,486	$221K
Wisconsin	1,770	6,934	$183K
Arkansas	1,620	6,533	$141K
Hawaii	2,091	5,757	$133K
Colorado	1,418	5,474	$167K
Minnesota	1,421	5,445	$144K
Kansas	1,156	4,866	$119K
Oregon	1,102	4,474	$107K
Massachusetts	1,100	3,912	$175K
Iowa	813	3,819	$97.3K
Delaware	1,257	3,699	$125K
Nevada	1,112	3,562	$94.4K
Nebraska	790	3,259	$75.7K
New Mexico	758	2,467	$65.8K
Montana	372	2,021	$46.1K
Utah	420	1,831	$41K
Rhode Island	347	1,466	$40.4K
New Hampshire	374	1,462	$43.2K
Idaho	369	1,392	$31.8K
District of Columbia	403	1,367	$35.8K
Maine	312	1,183	$43.2K
Alaska	235	1,075	$20.7K
Wyoming	219	882	$23.3K
South Dakota	209	794	$18.1K
Vermont	136	471	$15.9K
North Dakota	107	391	$6,955

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 LEVOCETIRIZINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
HAROLD HSU M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled1,600	ROSEMEAD	California
HOANG NGUYEN M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled1,159	FOUNTAIN VALLEY	California
JOSE ACEVEDO M.D. General Practice	Claims Filled1,110	ARECIBO	Puerto Rico
CHARLES LOWE MD Allergy Immunology	Claims Filled1,083	PIKEVILLE	Kentucky
EDUARDO ALVAREZ M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled1,081	VILLE PLATTE	Louisiana
ARA MAKDESSIAN M.D. Otolaryngology	Claims Filled1,046	WINCHESTER	Kentucky
NGOC AN PHAN M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled996	PHILADELPHIA	Pennsylvania
JAE YOO MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled956	LOS ANGELES	California
NICHOLAS TRUONG M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled933	PHILADELPHIA	Pennsylvania
MINH DAO M.D. Family Medicine	Claims Filled905	NEW ORLEANS	Louisiana
CHANDRAVADAN PATEL MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled899	TAMPA	Florida
AJITKUMAR KEMKAR MD Internal Medicine	Claims Filled851	CLEVELAND	Tennessee
MOHAMMAD CHAUDHRY M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled794	UNION CITY	New Jersey
JULIO PARDAVE M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled784	HIALEAH	Florida
TIMOTHY DECKER DO Family Medicine	Claims Filled751	RAINSVILLE	Alabama
E WALKER M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled746	FLORENCE	Alabama
YU YAO M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled744	SAN GABRIEL	California
GIRISH PATEL M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled732	NEW YORK	New York
HOWARD LANDSMAN D.O. Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery	Claims Filled730	BRICK	New Jersey
DANNY DOUGLAS MD Allergy Immunology	Claims Filled724	FLORENCE	South Carolina
MINH DANG MD General Practice	Claims Filled711	GARDEN GROVE	California
NGHIA NGUYEN M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled704	HOUSTON	Texas
RAYMOND BISHOP MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled652	PIKEVILLE	Kentucky
ANTHONY TUCKER MD Otolaryngology	Claims Filled643	PALM COAST	Florida
JENNIFER BAIK M.D. Allergy Immunology	Claims Filled639	LOS ANGELES	California