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NUEDEXTA
DEXTROMETHORPHAN HBR/QUINIDINE
Used to treat pseudobulbar affect (PBA; a condition of sudden, frequent outbursts of crying or laughing that can not be controlled) in people with certain conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease; condition in which the nerves that control muscle movement slowly die, causing the muscles to shrink and weaken) or multiple sclerosis (a disease in which the nerves do not function properly and patients may experience weakness, numbness, loss of muscle coordination and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control). Source: National Library of Medicine
At a Glance: This Drug in 2015
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 415 of 3395
Retail Cost
Rank: 205 of 3395
Patients
Rank: 583 of 3395
Prescribers
Rank: 648 of 3395
This Drug's History
Claims
The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year
9,346
2011
53.9K
2012
174K
2013
243K
2014
354K
2015
Spending
The total Part D spending on this drug
each year
$3.9M
2011
$26.5M
2012
$61.3M
2013
$91.3M
2014
$138M
2015
Average Patient Cost
Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.
$257
2011
$456
2012
$471
2013
$475
2014
$471
2015
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5,100 | 50,829 | $18.6M |
| Texas | 4,366 | 37,214 | $14.3M |
| New York | 3,193 | 25,913 | $10.8M |
| Florida | 3,140 | 24,020 | $9.85M |
| Ohio | 2,073 | 17,162 | $6.98M |
| Tennessee | 1,362 | 15,676 | $4.7M |
| Illinois | 1,503 | 13,367 | $5.07M |
| New Jersey | 1,626 | 13,033 | $5.31M |
| Missouri | 1,305 | 12,590 | $4.87M |
| Georgia | 1,243 | 12,489 | $4.41M |
| Indiana | 1,283 | 11,142 | $4.18M |
| Pennsylvania | 1,260 | 11,054 | $4.42M |
| Louisiana | 1,252 | 10,851 | $4.19M |
| North Carolina | 1,326 | 10,648 | $4.33M |
| Alabama | 1,268 | 10,426 | $4.25M |
| Oklahoma | 839 | 7,607 | $2.89M |
| Michigan | 1,033 | 6,575 | $3.12M |
| Kentucky | 620 | 5,743 | $2.08M |
| Massachusetts | 575 | 4,957 | $1.84M |
| Wisconsin | 475 | 4,232 | $1.72M |
| Mississippi | 480 | 3,802 | $1.53M |
| South Carolina | 413 | 3,787 | $1.35M |
| Connecticut | 391 | 3,583 | $1.45M |
| Arkansas | 368 | 3,495 | $1.16M |
| Virginia | 533 | 3,466 | $1.5M |
| Washington | 415 | 3,124 | $1.26M |
| Arizona | 416 | 3,069 | $1.43M |
| Kansas | 352 | 2,806 | $1.08M |
| Colorado | 361 | 2,616 | $1.06M |
| Utah | 185 | 2,425 | $740K |
| Iowa | 254 | 2,326 | $837K |
| Oregon | 327 | 2,296 | $1.06M |
| Maryland | 356 | 2,282 | $1.05M |
| Nebraska | 158 | 1,301 | $517K |
| West Virginia | 186 | 1,060 | $408K |
| Rhode Island | 130 | 1,049 | $432K |
| Maine | 127 | 1,026 | $383K |
| Minnesota | 145 | 911 | $432K |
| Nevada | 154 | 811 | $428K |
| Delaware | 72 | 564 | $219K |
| New Mexico | 102 | 552 | $218K |
| New Hampshire | 56 | 466 | $179K |
| District of Columbia | 55 | 319 | $208K |
| Montana | 37 | 282 | $151K |
| Idaho | 36 | 198 | $115K |
| Hawaii | 32 | 187 | $102K |
| South Dakota | 17 | 137 | $46.7K |
| Wyoming | 24 | 136 | $61.3K |
| Vermont | 22 | 136 | $67.6K |
| North Dakota | 20 | 96 | $52K |
| Alaska | 33 | $26.8K |
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 NUEDEXTA
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORIS RUBASHKIN M.D. |
Claims Filled334 |
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| MEENAKSHI PATEL MD |
Claims Filled333 |
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| THIPPESWAMY CHANNAPATI MD |
Claims Filled333 |
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| JOHN RICHARD M.D. |
Claims Filled333 |
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| JEROME WASSERSTEIN D.O. |
Claims Filled333 |
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| DALE BRENT MD |
Claims Filled329 |
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| HAIXIN XU M.D. |
Claims Filled328 |
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| AMIR BAHADORI M.D. |
Claims Filled323 |
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| FAY BEMBRY NP |
Claims Filled322 |
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| THIHALOLIPAVAN SAYALOLIPAVAN MD |
Claims Filled320 |
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| ASHWANI BHARDWAJ MD |
Claims Filled312 |
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| DREW COOPER MD |
Claims Filled311 |
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| BIJU OOMMEN M.D. |
Claims Filled308 |
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| RONALD PHILIPP D.O. |
Claims Filled307 |
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| PRADIP SHAH M.D. |
Claims Filled306 |
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| SHANTHARAM PAI M.D. |
Claims Filled304 |
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| CALEB HIRSCH MD |
Claims Filled302 |
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| RAJENDRA GAVINI M.D. |
Claims Filled301 |
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| JASON COLINGER DO |
Claims Filled300 |
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| DARYL WILEY M.D. |
Claims Filled298 |
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| ROBERT BURNS M.D. |
Claims Filled293 |
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| FRANK BUCHANAN MD |
Claims Filled292 |
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| JYH-HAUR LU MD |
Claims Filled292 |
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| RACHAEL STUBBS MD |
Claims Filled291 |
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| OLUDAYO DAWODU MD |
Claims Filled290 |