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BUPROPION HCL SR

BUPROPION HCL

Bupropion (Aplenzin, Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Wellbutrin XL) is used to treat depression. Source: National Library of Medicine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2015

2.36M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 133 of 3395

$58M
Retail Cost

Rank: 394 of 3395

500,815
Patients

Rank: 151 of 3395

188,996
Prescribers

Rank: 125 of 3395

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This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

1.92M

2011

2.07M

2012

2.22M

2013

2.3M

2014

2.36M

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$102M

2011

$91.4M

2012

$86.4M

2013

$70.8M

2014

$58M

2015

Average Patient Cost

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

$65

2011

$60

2012

$56

2013

$57

2014

$60

2015

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
California	47,521	207,333	$5.84M
Pennsylvania	29,632	155,176	$3.82M
Florida	34,489	142,361	$3.26M
New York	24,851	116,035	$2.6M
Texas	27,497	111,526	$2.78M
Massachusetts	20,658	111,486	$2.77M
Ohio	20,672	96,660	$2.63M
Michigan	20,679	84,710	$2.48M
North Carolina	16,219	74,043	$1.71M
Illinois	15,481	71,359	$1.77M
Missouri	13,626	68,783	$1.65M
Washington	14,789	67,621	$1.67M
Georgia	14,553	67,329	$1.42M
Tennessee	13,912	61,618	$1.34M
Arizona	12,576	58,612	$1.24M
Virginia	12,755	56,759	$1.43M
Wisconsin	11,027	52,901	$1.48M
Indiana	11,306	49,764	$1.38M
Oregon	9,821	44,042	$1.21M
Kentucky	9,265	43,283	$1.05M
Minnesota	9,250	42,000	$1.32M
Alabama	8,226	35,878	$766K
South Carolina	8,151	35,707	$784K
Louisiana	6,911	30,664	$617K
New Jersey	7,041	29,573	$648K
Oklahoma	6,494	29,447	$698K
Colorado	6,683	28,697	$662K
Iowa	5,007	26,165	$712K
Connecticut	5,155	24,959	$628K
Maryland	6,136	24,232	$645K
Kansas	4,791	22,998	$623K
West Virginia	4,606	22,587	$496K
Arkansas	4,639	21,165	$443K
Mississippi	4,416	21,162	$416K
Utah	4,637	20,462	$498K
New Mexico	4,285	17,992	$455K
Rhode Island	2,917	16,050	$331K
New Hampshire	3,311	15,697	$388K
Maine	3,421	15,186	$541K
Nebraska	2,817	14,831	$353K
Nevada	3,406	14,396	$332K
Idaho	2,837	12,654	$337K
Vermont	2,041	9,430	$232K
Montana	1,519	6,960	$174K
South Dakota	1,124	5,942	$141K
Delaware	1,192	4,741	$157K
North Dakota	972	4,622	$111K
Hawaii	1,140	4,548	$123K
District of Columbia	920	3,602	$98K
Wyoming	680	2,934	$71.9K
Alaska	366	1,765	$37.7K

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 BUPROPION HCL SR

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
SONA NADKARNI M.D.	Claims Filled65
IZZET YAZGAN M.D.	Claims Filled50
CARMEN ALVAREZ RONDON MD. Psychiatry	Claims Filled238	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
EDGAR RAMOS MENDEZ MD Family Medicine	Claims Filled76	BARCELONETA	Puerto Rico
DIOGENES ADAMES MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled134	CAROLINA	Puerto Rico
EFREN MANGUAL-CORDERO M.D Psychiatry	Claims Filled555	CABO ROJO	Puerto Rico
NITZA VADI M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled199	CAGUAS	Puerto Rico
JUAN BATISTA MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled239	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
RODRIGO FREYTES MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled52	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
CARLOS BACO-ALFARO MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled121	OROCOVIS	Puerto Rico
NORMA RODRIGUEZ M.D. Ambulatory Health Care Facilities, Mental Health Including Community Mental Health Center	Claims Filled156	CAGUAS	Puerto Rico
JAIME MARCHENA ARRAUT M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled465	FAJARDO	Puerto Rico
OLGA RODRIGUEZ MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled60	CAGUAS	Puerto Rico
ERIK MEDINA M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled215	MAYAGUEZ	Puerto Rico
CARMELO HERRERO M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled98	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
THAYLLIN VELEZ-RUIZ General Practice	Claims Filled124	MAYAGUEZ	Puerto Rico
JOSE MORALES PADRO MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled76	HATO REY	Puerto Rico
CARLOS GONZALEZ-LUGO M.D. General Practice	Claims Filled93	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
ERNESTO OJEDA MD Hospitalist	Claims Filled121	NARANJITO	Puerto Rico
JULIO FONTANEZ MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled180	CAGUAS	Puerto Rico
EDELMIRO RODRIGUEZ M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled301	CAGUAS	Puerto Rico
JULIE OLIVENCIA SANABRIA MD Child Adolescent Psychiatry	Claims Filled377	FAJARDO	Puerto Rico
RAMSES NORMANDIA M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled135	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico
LILLIAN SERRANO GARCIA M.D. PSYCHIATRIST Ambulatory Health Care Facilities, Adult Mental Health	Claims Filled93	HUMACAO	Puerto Rico
NINA VEGA Psychiatry	Claims Filled84	COTO LAUREL	Puerto Rico