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CALCITONIN-SALMON
CALCITONIN,SALMON,SYNTHETIC
Calcitonin salmon is used to treat osteoporosis in women who are at least 5 years past menopause and cannot or do not want to take estrogen products. Source: National Library of Medicine
At a Glance: This Drug in 2015
Medicare Part D Claims
Rank: 419 of 3395
Retail Cost
Rank: 655 of 3395
Patients
Rank: 443 of 3395
Prescribers
Rank: 401 of 3395
This Drug's History
Claims
The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year
376K
2011
400K
2012
404K
2013
383K
2014
345K
2015
Spending
The total Part D spending on this drug
each year
$33.8M
2011
$34.2M
2012
$32.5M
2013
$27.7M
2014
$23.6M
2015
Average Patient Cost
Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.
$95
2011
$98
2012
$91
2013
$95
2014
$94
2015
Use by state
| State | Patients | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,483 | 25,802 | $1.72M |
| New York | 5,828 | 25,357 | $1.8M |
| Texas | 6,230 | 23,313 | $1.63M |
| Florida | 5,611 | 22,673 | $1.5M |
| Pennsylvania | 5,353 | 22,548 | $1.6M |
| Ohio | 4,444 | 18,106 | $1.38M |
| Illinois | 3,680 | 16,333 | $1.12M |
| Michigan | 3,471 | 12,731 | $1.05M |
| North Carolina | 2,823 | 11,116 | $665K |
| New Jersey | 2,465 | 9,788 | $682K |
| Arizona | 2,520 | 9,181 | $588K |
| Wisconsin | 2,043 | 8,051 | $526K |
| Georgia | 2,145 | 8,044 | $485K |
| Massachusetts | 1,974 | 7,976 | $543K |
| Washington | 2,023 | 7,361 | $463K |
| Virginia | 1,766 | 6,976 | $480K |
| Tennessee | 1,803 | 6,725 | $451K |
| Indiana | 1,714 | 6,630 | $498K |
| Missouri | 1,591 | 6,572 | $410K |
| Minnesota | 1,951 | 6,480 | $485K |
| Kentucky | 1,400 | 6,010 | $422K |
| Louisiana | 1,261 | 5,378 | $340K |
| South Carolina | 1,103 | 5,063 | $306K |
| Oklahoma | 1,271 | 4,888 | $322K |
| Alabama | 1,211 | 4,646 | $307K |
| Connecticut | 1,112 | 4,510 | $309K |
| Iowa | 1,025 | 4,142 | $256K |
| Oregon | 1,186 | 4,134 | $277K |
| Arkansas | 732 | 3,423 | $218K |
| Colorado | 1,013 | 3,404 | $215K |
| West Virginia | 825 | 3,262 | $232K |
| Kansas | 790 | 3,256 | $206K |
| Maryland | 878 | 3,249 | $247K |
| Hawaii | 781 | 3,069 | $236K |
| Nebraska | 604 | 2,665 | $163K |
| Nevada | 669 | 2,260 | $154K |
| Maine | 592 | 2,174 | $170K |
| Rhode Island | 424 | 2,122 | $121K |
| Mississippi | 464 | 1,831 | $110K |
| South Dakota | 503 | 1,787 | $107K |
| New Hampshire | 422 | 1,600 | $118K |
| New Mexico | 454 | 1,585 | $112K |
| Idaho | 345 | 1,342 | $85.4K |
| Montana | 421 | 1,303 | $80K |
| Utah | 357 | 1,294 | $96.8K |
| Delaware | 257 | 861 | $68.1K |
| North Dakota | 219 | 789 | $49.7K |
| Vermont | 198 | 766 | $47.6K |
| Wyoming | 208 | 696 | $45.4K |
| Alaska | 100 | 357 | $21.2K |
| District of Columbia | 53 | 194 | $10.3K |
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 CALCITONIN-SALMON
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURESH BALENALLI M.D. |
Claims Filled438 |
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| SHAMIM BEGUM MD |
Claims Filled352 |
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| JEROLD MEYER MD |
Claims Filled325 |
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| STUART ZAKEM MD |
Claims Filled312 |
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| BRIAN CHICOINE MD |
Claims Filled312 |
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| DON CHEATUM MD |
Claims Filled298 |
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| M LOVING M.D. |
Claims Filled292 |
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| KIMBERLY WILLIAMS M.D. |
Claims Filled279 |
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| ROBERT COSHAREK MD |
Claims Filled272 |
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| CENGIZ SATIR MD |
Claims Filled259 |
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| ROY WARREN DO |
Claims Filled257 |
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|
KEITH GATCHELL M.D.
Respite Care Facility, Respite Care, Mental Retardation and/or Developmental Disabilities |
Claims Filled257 |
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| SHAOTSENG LEE |
Claims Filled244 |
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| TODD STULL M.D. |
Claims Filled239 |
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| CHINH NONG MD |
Claims Filled236 |
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| DAVID PUETT M.D. |
Claims Filled236 |
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| ROLAND CREVECOEUR M.D |
Claims Filled234 |
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| JOHN FRITZ DO |
Claims Filled221 |
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| ANANT SONI MD |
Claims Filled214 |
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| STANLEY KOCH MD |
Claims Filled205 |
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| KATHERINE ZEIGLER M.D. |
Claims Filled203 |
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| MARY THOMAS DO |
Claims Filled198 |
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| NIKORN ARUNAKUL M.D |
Claims Filled195 |
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| ANNE OWUSU MD |
Claims Filled195 |
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| BENIDECTO FERNANDEZ MD |
Claims Filled186 |