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OLANZAPINE

Zyprexa (olanzapine) is an atypical antipsychotic. Researchers don't know exactly how it works. It seems to change chemical activity (like dopamine and serotonin) in your brain, which affects thoughts and mood. Source: Iodine *

*This description is for related drug Zyprexa

At a Glance: This Drug in 2016

3.23M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 107 of 3393

$82.5M
Retail Cost

Rank: 336 of 3393

403,493
Patients

Rank: 188 of 3393

144,126
Prescribers

Rank: 182 of 3393

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41%

of people say

it's worth it

51%

of people say

it worked well

51%

of people say

it's a huge hassle

Alternatives:

Risperdal Seroquel Abilify Haldol Invega Clozaril

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

1.7M

2012

2.43M

2013

2.79M

2014

3.08M

2015

3.22M

2016

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$475M

2012

$384M

2013

$274M

2014

$106M

2015

$82.3M

2016

Average Patient Cost

Average amount that patients paid each year.

$1,691

2012

$1,159

2013

$752

2014

$273

2015

$204

2016

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
California	43,931	327,763	$8.67M
New York	31,120	252,232	$7.27M
Pennsylvania	20,889	171,810	$4.74M
Texas	23,816	155,786	$4.51M
Ohio	18,204	145,326	$4.73M
Florida	23,248	145,258	$2.68M
Massachusetts	14,620	126,959	$2.75M
Illinois	16,063	123,112	$3.63M
Michigan	14,633	110,762	$2.71M
North Carolina	12,134	88,228	$1.91M
New Jersey	10,587	87,775	$1.87M
Georgia	11,497	86,372	$1.8M
Missouri	10,524	81,989	$2.28M
Minnesota	8,927	80,730	$2.11M
Washington	9,848	77,468	$1.81M
Indiana	10,439	75,781	$2.61M
Tennessee	10,079	72,785	$1.62M
Virginia	8,665	64,794	$1.74M
Wisconsin	7,387	64,378	$1.71M
Maryland	6,680	52,390	$1.26M
Connecticut	6,127	51,336	$1.39M
Oregon	6,768	49,818	$1.53M
Kentucky	6,890	49,476	$1.48M
Louisiana	7,047	48,517	$1.28M
Alabama	6,836	45,486	$971K
Arizona	6,819	44,775	$928K
Colorado	5,993	44,152	$1.12M
South Carolina	5,404	39,989	$853K
Oklahoma	5,670	39,400	$978K
Mississippi	4,640	32,190	$686K
Iowa	3,849	31,849	$692K
Kansas	4,185	31,846	$839K
Arkansas	4,164	29,680	$641K
Utah	3,277	23,141	$530K
West Virginia	3,251	22,663	$562K
Nebraska	2,536	22,486	$448K
Maine	2,662	20,565	$510K
New Hampshire	2,135	17,928	$470K
Idaho	2,476	16,907	$366K
New Mexico	2,624	16,533	$601K
Rhode Island	1,857	15,889	$408K
Nevada	2,242	13,523	$259K
South Dakota	1,554	13,241	$302K
Montana	1,566	12,243	$256K
North Dakota	1,205	12,128	$242K
Delaware	1,729	11,816	$407K
Hawaii	1,331	9,058	$193K
Vermont	1,084	8,690	$153K
Alaska	789	8,205	$271K
District of Columbia	1,068	6,208	$133K
Wyoming	679	4,679	$91.7K

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 2016 includes more than 1.5 billion prescriptions written by 1.1 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists over 460,000 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 OLANZAPINE

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
ROBERT MORTON MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled2,666	ADA	Oklahoma
VIVIAN ACEVEDO MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,922	BAYAMON	Puerto Rico
RAMON GARCIA M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,880	SACRAMENTO	California
ALAN MARKIE M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,686	LA CANADA	California
JUNAID SYED M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,614	SAINT LOUIS	Missouri
NELSA RODRIGUEZ CESPEDES MD Psychoanalyst	Claims Filled1,610	CANOVANAS	Puerto Rico
SYLVIA LAGDAN ARNP Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health	Claims Filled1,599	TACOMA	Washington
ERIC BARNES D.O. Geriatric Medicine	Claims Filled1,435	COLUMBIA	Missouri
TERENCE FRINKS M.D. Family Medicine	Claims Filled1,425	TUCKER	Georgia
JOHN WEINSTEIN Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,402	GARDEN GROVE	California
CAROL PEITZMAN M.D. Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health	Claims Filled1,363	BLOOMINGTON	Minnesota
KAMAL BIJANPOUR M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,339	LONG BEACH	California
SYAM KUNAM MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,292	REDLANDS	California
MICHAEL CAPAN M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,204	BISMARCK	North Dakota
DANIEL HURLEY M.D. Geriatric Medicine	Claims Filled1,191	BEECH GROVE	Indiana
SARKIS AREVIAN M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,147	LONG BEACH	California
DOUGLAS BEY M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,104	NORMAL	Illinois
HENRY KHIN M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,082	ARCADIA	California
STEVEN MACINA DO Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,081	HUNTINGTON BEACH	California
STEVEN FOGELMAN M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,068	ROME	New York
AJAY ANAND M.D Internal Medicine	Claims Filled1,057	WESTON	Massachusetts
KISHOR ZINZUVADIA M.D. Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,057	POUGHKEEPSIE	New York
SAMANTHA SCHERZINGER APN Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric/Mental Health	Claims Filled1,037	KENSINGTON	Maryland
ABRAHAM FLEMENBAUM MD, MS, DLFAPA Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,009	PEMBROKE PINES	Florida
ROHIDAS PATIL MD Psychiatry	Claims Filled1,002	DECATUR	Illinois