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METOLAZONE
Treats high blood pressure and fluid retention (edema). This medicine is a diuretic ("water pill"). 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 | 67,040 | $2.08M |
| New York | 59,493 | $1.46M |
| Texas | 59,131 | $1.66M |
| Florida | 58,214 | $1.55M |
| Pennsylvania | 57,847 | $1.15M |
| Illinois | 47,520 | $1.22M |
| Ohio | 43,125 | $1.04M |
| Michigan | 31,443 | $863K |
| Georgia | 30,467 | $813K |
| North Carolina | 30,080 | $773K |
| Missouri | 27,036 | $640K |
| New Jersey | 24,945 | $656K |
| Indiana | 24,275 | $596K |
| Tennessee | 23,785 | $582K |
| Wisconsin | 23,443 | $481K |
| Alabama | 23,436 | $573K |
| Kentucky | 21,666 | $535K |
| Minnesota | 19,375 | $383K |
| Louisiana | 19,178 | $444K |
| Virginia | 18,790 | $482K |
| Mississippi | 17,790 | $444K |
| Iowa | 16,737 | $326K |
| South Carolina | 16,440 | $451K |
| Oklahoma | 16,018 | $448K |
| Kansas | 13,494 | $303K |
| Arkansas | 13,387 | $326K |
| Massachusetts | 13,222 | $240K |
| Washington | 13,214 | $341K |
| Arizona | 12,666 | $358K |
| Nebraska | 10,536 | $198K |
| Connecticut | 10,382 | $245K |
| Maryland | 9,816 | $298K |
| Oregon | 9,227 | $231K |
| West Virginia | 9,126 | $237K |
| Colorado | 8,701 | $232K |
| Utah | 5,532 | $184K |
| Idaho | 4,579 | $116K |
| North Dakota | 4,478 | $72.7K |
| South Dakota | 4,343 | $78.8K |
| Nevada | 3,928 | $121K |
| New Mexico | 3,918 | $98.8K |
| Montana | 3,737 | $92.2K |
| Hawaii | 3,608 | $118K |
| Maine | 3,158 | $86.1K |
| Rhode Island | 2,821 | $50.6K |
| New Hampshire | 2,473 | $65K |
| Delaware | 2,082 | $61.6K |
| Wyoming | 1,823 | $48.7K |
| Vermont | 1,785 | $39.9K |
| District of Columbia | 1,725 | $50.2K |
| Alaska | 656 | $18.1K |
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 METOLAZONE
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCIO FEREZ MD |
Claims Filled593 |
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| CHARLES STAFFORD M.D. |
Claims Filled434 |
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| RICARDO CIGARROA M.D. |
Claims Filled424 |
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| DANIEL HURLEY M.D. |
Claims Filled411 |
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| JOHN JAGEMAN M.D. |
Claims Filled352 |
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| ROY OVERTON DO |
Claims Filled342 |
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| WASIM AHMED MD |
Claims Filled333 |
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| RONNIE CHU M. D. |
Claims Filled327 |
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| PRAKASH SARVEPALLI M.D. |
Claims Filled315 |
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| DANIEL CHIKVASHVILI M.D. |
Claims Filled279 |
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| HATTIE HENDERSON M.D. |
Claims Filled279 |
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| THOMAS SMITH M.D. |
Claims Filled278 |
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| NEIL KUMAR MD |
Claims Filled271 |
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| JANUSZ WOLANIN MD |
Claims Filled261 |
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| JULIO IGLESIAS M.D. |
Claims Filled253 |
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| YOGINDRA BALHARA MD |
Claims Filled252 |
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| MANISH GERA MBBS |
Claims Filled247 |
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| MICHAEL STEPHENS MD |
Claims Filled241 |
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| GRIGORIY GOLDENBERG M.D. |
Claims Filled238 |
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| LAZARO GARCIA MD |
Claims Filled234 |
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| WILLIAM SMUCKER M.D. |
Claims Filled232 |
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| JOHN CORDER M.D. |
Claims Filled230 |
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| AMER HUSSEINI MD |
Claims Filled226 |
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| STANLEY MORROW DO |
Claims Filled225 |
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| CHRISTOPHER PATTERSON MD |
Claims Filled220 |