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SULFASALAZINE DR
SULFASALAZINE
Azulfidine (Sulfasalazine) is an anti-inflammatory drug that reduces inflammation and pain. It treats inflammatory bowel diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. Source: Iodine *
*This description is for related drug Sulfasalazine
At a Glance: This Drug in 2015
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 625 of 3395
Retail Cost
Rank: 1072 of 3395
Patients
Rank: 635 of 3395
Prescribers
Rank: 736 of 3395
More info on related drug Sulfasalazine »
This Drug's History
Claims
The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year
78.9K
2011
87.5K
2012
105K
2013
120K
2014
130K
2015
Spending
The total Part D spending on this drug
each year
$3.94M
2011
$4.32M
2012
$5.21M
2013
$5.32M
2014
$6.43M
2015
Average Patient Cost
Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.
$45
2011
$45
2012
$45
2013
$50
2014
$57
2015
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,181 | 11,638 | $503K |
| New York | 2,700 | 11,092 | $521K |
| California | 2,266 | 8,481 | $592K |
| Florida | 2,091 | 7,488 | $356K |
| Pennsylvania | 1,439 | 5,598 | $278K |
| Ohio | 1,392 | 5,513 | $282K |
| Illinois | 1,248 | 4,977 | $237K |
| Michigan | 1,298 | 4,531 | $251K |
| North Carolina | 1,021 | 4,221 | $193K |
| Tennessee | 889 | 3,584 | $164K |
| Oklahoma | 888 | 3,566 | $161K |
| Missouri | 786 | 3,354 | $156K |
| Washington | 792 | 3,252 | $168K |
| Massachusetts | 769 | 3,172 | $163K |
| Georgia | 693 | 2,907 | $118K |
| Indiana | 739 | 2,854 | $129K |
| Colorado | 653 | 2,614 | $184K |
| Wisconsin | 571 | 2,408 | $127K |
| Alabama | 605 | 2,406 | $98.7K |
| Virginia | 620 | 2,374 | $114K |
| Oregon | 520 | 2,146 | $136K |
| Iowa | 443 | 2,096 | $104K |
| New Jersey | 574 | 2,057 | $108K |
| Arizona | 526 | 1,988 | $89.4K |
| South Carolina | 477 | 1,967 | $87.2K |
| Minnesota | 513 | 1,927 | $108K |
| Kansas | 396 | 1,859 | $86.9K |
| Kentucky | 432 | 1,729 | $87.2K |
| Arkansas | 253 | 1,220 | $49.2K |
| Louisiana | 314 | 1,219 | $50.8K |
| Idaho | 286 | 1,172 | $53K |
| Maryland | 333 | 1,090 | $70.6K |
| Nebraska | 237 | 1,073 | $42.5K |
| Mississippi | 267 | 1,068 | $35.2K |
| Connecticut | 247 | 1,024 | $54K |
| Utah | 216 | 953 | $48K |
| Hawaii | 222 | 924 | $55.5K |
| New Mexico | 212 | 788 | $40K |
| South Dakota | 184 | 762 | $36.6K |
| New Hampshire | 174 | 741 | $42.9K |
| Nevada | 151 | 600 | $29.2K |
| Montana | 128 | 575 | $23.7K |
| North Dakota | 122 | 524 | $24.4K |
| Rhode Island | 109 | 513 | $16.9K |
| West Virginia | 93 | 367 | $19.9K |
| Delaware | 93 | 355 | $19.9K |
| Vermont | 87 | 314 | $17.4K |
| Maine | 74 | 239 | $13.5K |
| District of Columbia | 37 | 107 | $8,544 |
| Wyoming | 20 | 66 | $2,375 |
| Alaska | 13 | 30 | $1,643 |
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 SULFASALAZINE DR
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELVIN GARCIA M.D. |
Claims Filled999 |
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| NOEMI VARELA-ROSARIO MD |
Claims Filled601 |
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| EDDYS DISLA M.D. |
Claims Filled407 |
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| ANAS MOUREIDEN 207RR0500X |
Claims Filled399 |
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| CONSTANTINE SAADEH M.D. |
Claims Filled391 |
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| SHAIKH ALI MD PA |
Claims Filled390 |
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| RADAMES SIERRA-ZORITA |
Claims Filled373 |
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| KEN ARAKAWA M.D. |
Claims Filled368 |
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| MANUEL CALVIN MD |
Claims Filled366 |
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| VIVIAN HOBAYAN MD |
Claims Filled358 |
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| DAVID LURIE M. D. |
Claims Filled338 |
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| KENT HUSTON M.D. |
Claims Filled308 |
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| PATRICK TIMMS M.D. |
Claims Filled308 |
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| JAMES JAKES MD |
Claims Filled305 |
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| GRACE MAKHLOUF M.D. |
Claims Filled296 |
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| RITA EGAN M.D. |
Claims Filled285 |
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| ROVINDER SAINI MD |
Claims Filled283 |
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| SOPHIA CHANG M.D. |
Claims Filled279 |
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| ROBERT ARTHUR MD |
Claims Filled274 |
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| STEVEN WEINER M.D. |
Claims Filled268 |
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| JAMES WILSON M.D. |
Claims Filled264 |
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| BOB WODECKI MD |
Claims Filled261 |
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| DON CHEATUM MD |
Claims Filled255 |
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| ROY KAPLAN M.D. |
Claims Filled250 |
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| EDMUND LACOUR M.D. |
Claims Filled245 |