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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 2015
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 203 of 3395
Retail Cost
Rank: 382 of 3395
Patients
Rank: 228 of 3395
Prescribers
Rank: 162 of 3395
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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
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 37,301 | 156,208 | $6.59M |
| Florida | 21,012 | 83,502 | $3.56M |
| New York | 16,644 | 68,789 | $3.9M |
| Texas | 16,243 | 60,931 | $2.71M |
| Pennsylvania | 13,647 | 56,833 | $3.26M |
| Ohio | 13,044 | 51,420 | $2.85M |
| Michigan | 12,055 | 46,671 | $2.76M |
| North Carolina | 10,658 | 41,784 | $2.1M |
| Georgia | 9,229 | 36,475 | $1.47M |
| Illinois | 9,027 | 35,833 | $1.51M |
| Arizona | 8,338 | 32,989 | $1.63M |
| Tennessee | 8,282 | 32,387 | $1.35M |
| Washington | 8,379 | 32,065 | $1.35M |
| Missouri | 7,115 | 30,807 | $1.17M |
| Wisconsin | 7,804 | 30,532 | $1.67M |
| Indiana | 7,455 | 29,661 | $1.45M |
| Massachusetts | 6,984 | 28,845 | $1.46M |
| Minnesota | 7,197 | 28,149 | $1.7M |
| Kentucky | 6,599 | 26,645 | $1.04M |
| Virginia | 6,582 | 25,911 | $1.34M |
| Alabama | 6,191 | 25,796 | $1.37M |
| Oregon | 5,988 | 23,389 | $1.1M |
| South Carolina | 5,698 | 23,060 | $994K |
| Colorado | 5,964 | 22,680 | $1.18M |
| New Jersey | 4,968 | 20,048 | $1.09M |
| Oklahoma | 3,936 | 16,219 | $593K |
| Arkansas | 3,778 | 15,649 | $575K |
| Louisiana | 3,776 | 14,818 | $544K |
| Iowa | 3,456 | 13,948 | $698K |
| Utah | 3,159 | 13,940 | $501K |
| Maryland | 3,678 | 13,726 | $715K |
| Connecticut | 2,953 | 11,565 | $676K |
| Nevada | 2,891 | 11,318 | $426K |
| Mississippi | 2,742 | 10,701 | $366K |
| Kansas | 2,489 | 10,617 | $448K |
| West Virginia | 2,499 | 10,193 | $384K |
| Idaho | 2,340 | 9,392 | $521K |
| New Mexico | 2,441 | 9,152 | $439K |
| Maine | 2,248 | 8,720 | $506K |
| Nebraska | 1,879 | 8,452 | $438K |
| New Hampshire | 1,578 | 5,961 | $411K |
| Rhode Island | 1,208 | 4,979 | $226K |
| Montana | 1,198 | 4,602 | $265K |
| Vermont | 1,015 | 3,709 | $146K |
| North Dakota | 854 | 3,534 | $189K |
| Delaware | 917 | 3,236 | $167K |
| Hawaii | 790 | 2,916 | $157K |
| South Dakota | 707 | 2,691 | $127K |
| Wyoming | 444 | 1,776 | $117K |
| District of Columbia | 364 | 1,197 | $55K |
| Alaska | 305 | 1,163 | $67.8K |
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. 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 SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT KANIECKI MD |
Claims Filled675 |
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| IRAJ DERAKHSHAN MD |
Claims Filled473 |
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| ZAVEN ARSLANIAN M.D. |
Claims Filled403 |
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| CYNTHIA KNUTSON MD |
Claims Filled376 |
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| KIMBERLY MCGONIGLE PA-C |
Claims Filled319 |
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| JOSIF STAKIC M.D. |
Claims Filled310 |
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| MINSOO KANG MD |
Claims Filled310 |
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| MARIA RIZZO RPA-C |
Claims Filled298 |
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| AHMED SHATLA M.D. |
Claims Filled285 |
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| ROBERT BROCKER M.D. |
Claims Filled279 |
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| MATTHEW ENGELBRECHT M.D. |
Claims Filled270 |
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| LAWRENCE ROBBINS M.D. |
Claims Filled261 |
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| CHRISTOPHER O'CARROLL M.D. |
Claims Filled248 |
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| MARY CHIASSON D.O. |
Claims Filled247 |
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| VAGHARSHAK PILOSSYAN M.D. |
Claims Filled247 |
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| RICHARD DIETHELM M.D. |
Claims Filled246 |
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| ANTHONY ESPOSITO MD |
Claims Filled238 |
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| CHAD WHYTE M.D. |
Claims Filled238 |
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| KENNETH SHARLIN MD |
Claims Filled237 |
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| MUHAMMED NASHER-ALNEAM MD |
Claims Filled233 |
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| JOSE CASANOVA MD PHD |
Claims Filled233 |
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| MANJULA TELLA M.D. |
Claims Filled232 |
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| MICHAEL NOVAK M.D. |
Claims Filled231 |
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| MARINA KOVALEVSKY M.D. |
Claims Filled225 |
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| KORNEL LUKACS MD |
Claims Filled223 |