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SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE

Sumatriptan is used to treat the symptoms of migraine headaches (severe, throbbing headaches that sometimes is accompanied by nausea or sensitivity to sound and light). Source: National Library of Medicine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2014

1.16M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 217 of 3362

$61.5M
Retail Cost

Rank: 349 of 3362

282,730
Patients

Rank: 241 of 3362

148,523
Prescribers

Rank: 170 of 3362

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it worked well

12%

of people say

it's a huge hassle

Alternatives:

triptan medications ergot medications over the counter pain medications beta blockers seizure medications calcium channel blockers

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

717K

2011

862K

2012

1.04M

2013

1.16M

2014

1.27M

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$54M

2011

$62.1M

2012

$65.5M

2013

$61.5M

2014

$60.5M

2015

Average Patient Cost

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

$49

2011

$50

2012

$48

2013

$43

2014

$45

2015

Note: While the rest of this page displays data from 2014, the charts above display data through 2015, from a special release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
California	34,529	143,244	$6.6M
Florida	19,141	76,191	$3.58M
New York	15,438	63,035	$3.72M
Texas	14,895	55,408	$2.82M
Pennsylvania	12,322	51,522	$3.09M
Ohio	11,814	45,956	$2.88M
Michigan	10,976	42,810	$2.87M
North Carolina	9,810	38,318	$2.08M
Illinois	8,216	32,599	$1.64M
Georgia	8,222	32,442	$1.59M
Arizona	7,545	30,043	$1.7M
Washington	7,601	29,864	$1.5M
Tennessee	7,714	29,578	$1.44M
Wisconsin	7,042	28,477	$1.67M
Indiana	7,186	27,942	$1.53M
Missouri	6,370	26,814	$1.16M
Minnesota	6,664	26,273	$1.64M
Massachusetts	6,343	25,701	$1.53M
Alabama	5,911	24,835	$1.43M
Kentucky	5,835	23,462	$1.11M
Virginia	5,946	23,382	$1.36M
Oregon	5,554	21,733	$1.12M
South Carolina	5,208	20,754	$1.09M
Colorado	5,392	20,462	$1.17M
New Jersey	4,600	18,328	$1.17M
Oklahoma	3,650	14,580	$622K
Arkansas	3,434	14,057	$588K
Louisiana	3,298	12,845	$515K
Iowa	3,132	12,800	$741K
Utah	2,817	12,259	$546K
Maryland	3,266	12,254	$686K
Nevada	2,522	10,340	$413K
Connecticut	2,526	10,288	$642K
Mississippi	2,513	9,585	$388K
Kansas	2,348	9,444	$471K
West Virginia	2,321	9,302	$408K
Maine	2,165	8,467	$550K
Idaho	2,119	8,290	$517K
New Mexico	2,144	7,714	$464K
Nebraska	1,698	7,432	$465K
New Hampshire	1,334	5,115	$380K
Rhode Island	1,111	4,740	$346K
Montana	1,088	4,238	$239K
Vermont	901	3,389	$132K
North Dakota	793	3,251	$155K
Delaware	828	2,969	$196K
Hawaii	736	2,860	$147K
South Dakota	665	2,641	$104K
Wyoming	387	1,377	$62.5K
District of Columbia	336	1,110	$49.9K
Alaska	317	1,102	$70.5K

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 2014 includes more than 1.4 billion prescriptions written by more than 1.3 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 428,000 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 SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
ROBERT KANIECKI MD Specialist	Claims Filled574	PITTSBURGH	Pennsylvania
MINSOO KANG MD Neurology	Claims Filled355	AMHERST	New York
RICHARD DIETHELM M.D. Neurology	Claims Filled343	BIRMINGHAM	Alabama
ZAVEN ARSLANIAN M.D. General Practice	Claims Filled334	GLENDALE	California
ROBERT BROCKER M.D. Neurology	Claims Filled295	YOUNGSTOWN	Ohio
MUHAMMAD ALI M.D.	Claims Filled282	JASPER	Alabama
CHRISTOPHER O'CARROLL M.D. Neurology	Claims Filled269	NEWPORT BEACH	California
MANJULA TELLA M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled260	FREMONT	Nebraska
KORNEL LUKACS MD Neurology	Claims Filled258	ALTOONA	Pennsylvania
KIMBERLY MCGONIGLE PA-C Physician Assistant	Claims Filled254	PITTSBURGH	Pennsylvania
CYNTHIA KNUTSON MD Neurology	Claims Filled251	FARGO	North Dakota
SUDHIRKUMAR SHAH M.D. Internal Medicine	Claims Filled250	HILLSBORO	Missouri
IRAJ DERAKHSHAN MD Specialist	Claims Filled249	CHARLESTON	West Virginia
CAROL NICHOLS MD Neurology	Claims Filled248	SPARTANBURG	South Carolina
CAROL KOOISTRA MD Neurology	Claims Filled240	SPARTANBURG	South Carolina
LAWRENCE ROBBINS M.D. Neurology	Claims Filled238	NORTHBROOK	Illinois
LORN MILLER MD Neurology	Claims Filled230	JASPER	Alabama
BHARAT TOLIA MD Neurology	Claims Filled229	BLOOMFIELD HILLS	Michigan
MARY CHIASSON D.O. Neurology	Claims Filled222	MINNEAPOLIS	Minnesota
CATHY LUO M.D Specialist	Claims Filled221	FAYETTEVILLE	Arkansas
MARCIA RIBEIRO M.D. Neurology	Claims Filled215	PIKESVILLE	Maryland
JOHN FRITZ DO Family Medicine	Claims Filled215	JERSEY CITY	New Jersey
AHMED SHATLA M.D. Neurological Surgery	Claims Filled212	NEW HARTFORD	New York
ROBERT BURGER MD Neurology	Claims Filled211	COLUMBIA	Missouri
ANTHONY ESPOSITO MD Neurology	Claims Filled206	ANNISTON	Alabama