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TAPENTADOL HCL

Nucynta (tapentadol) is an opioid medicine that works in the brain to lower the amount of pain you feel. Source: Iodine *

*This description is for related drug Nucynta

Important Information About This Drug

Prescription opioids (painkillers) can help alleviate certain kinds of pain in the short term but carry serious health risks.

As many as one quarter of those receiving these drugs over a long period of time in a primary care setting struggle with addiction.

Read more about the appropriate use of these drugs and speak to your doctor about their risks.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

At a Glance: This Drug in 2015

76.9K
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 730 of 3395

$36.7M
Retail Cost

Rank: 516 of 3395

17,614
Patients

Rank: 776 of 3395

10,396
Prescribers

Rank: 803 of 3395

More info on related drug Nucynta »

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Alternatives:

Norco Oxycodone Percocet Acetaminophen with codeine Neurontin Morphine Levorphanol

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

1,676

2011

26.8K

2012

52K

2013

63.2K

2014

76.9K

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$480K

2011

$7.99M

2012

$16.9M

2013

$22M

2014

$36.7M

2015

Average Patient Cost

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

$107

2011

$171

2012

$231

2013

$281

2014

$337

2015

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
Florida	1,648	7,160	$3.51M
California	1,485	5,903	$2.87M
North Carolina	1,450	5,843	$2.83M
Georgia	1,177	5,021	$2.51M
Pennsylvania	899	4,719	$1.98M
New York	1,072	4,223	$1.93M
Texas	960	3,784	$1.95M
Alabama	745	3,180	$1.59M
Ohio	676	3,118	$1.42M
Indiana	586	2,835	$1.44M
New Jersey	613	2,326	$924K
Tennessee	673	2,233	$1M
Illinois	466	1,954	$928K
South Carolina	512	1,868	$900K
Missouri	356	1,739	$851K
Virginia	385	1,596	$762K
Colorado	320	1,567	$734K
Arkansas	312	1,349	$609K
Michigan	326	1,343	$678K
Arizona	304	1,326	$638K
Wisconsin	316	1,254	$589K
Oklahoma	292	1,185	$588K
Maryland	250	1,121	$574K
Washington	195	943	$428K
Kentucky	204	826	$407K
Mississippi	206	764	$400K
Massachusetts	156	749	$355K
Utah	180	716	$355K
Connecticut	151	664	$325K
Kansas	127	583	$325K
Louisiana	163	559	$266K
Nebraska	123	534	$235K
Nevada	156	519	$271K
Oregon	101	419	$190K
Delaware	75	388	$197K
Iowa	76	358	$157K
Minnesota	59	323	$144K
West Virginia	65	267	$137K
New Hampshire	63	242	$115K
Idaho	58	235	$111K
Maine	43	220	$102K
New Mexico	47	167	$69.7K
South Dakota	28	151	$53.8K
Hawaii	17	125	$59.7K
North Dakota	18	98	$27.6K
Vermont	16	89	$52.9K
Rhode Island	18	77	$34.7K
Wyoming	30	69	$29.6K
Montana	16	47	$17.6K
District of Columbia	18	30	$11.1K
Alaska		15	$6,169

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 NUCYNTA ER

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
KEVIN COYLE MB BCH BAO LRCPSI Interventional Pain Medicine	Claims Filled929	BRUNSWICK	Georgia
PATRICK KARL D.O. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled458	JESUP	Georgia
WILLEM NEL Pain Medicine	Claims Filled365	TAMPA	Florida
OFELIA BALAGTAS-BALMASEDA M.D. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled333	TERRE HAUTE	Indiana
KAMAL KABAKIBOU M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled247	ATLANTA	Georgia
HOWARD COHEN M.D. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled236	DALLAS	Texas
THOMAS RUNYAN MD Anesthesiology	Claims Filled234	BRUNSWICK	Georgia
GLEN IMLAY M.D. Physical Medicine Rehabilitation	Claims Filled209	PROCTORVILLE	Ohio
PATRICK ANNELLO M.D. Anesthesiology	Claims Filled203	ROSLYN	New York
ROLAND JONES M.D. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled196	TALLAHASSEE	Florida
CHRISTOPHER LAGANKE MD Neurology	Claims Filled186	CULLMAN	Alabama
BARBARA SEWARD CRNP Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care	Claims Filled173	HORSHAM	Pennsylvania
RENEE LEHMANN CRNP Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care	Claims Filled168	ALLENTOWN	Pennsylvania
JAMES RHO M.D. Interventional Pain Medicine	Claims Filled167	RANCHO CUCAMONGA	California
MICHAEL FREY MD Interventional Pain Medicine	Claims Filled166	FORT MYERS	Florida
MANISH SINGH M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled156	CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE	New Jersey
ANDREW KOWAL MD Pain Medicine	Claims Filled144	BURLINGTON	Massachusetts
MITCHELL SIMONS M.D. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled143	CINCINNATI	Ohio
ALFRED ROSCHE MD Specialist	Claims Filled141	ROCKFORD	Illinois
HARY AILINANI MD Physical Medicine Rehabilitation	Claims Filled140	FORT WAYNE	Indiana
ANNE-MARIE COSIJNS M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled139	SCOTTSDALE	Arizona
KENNETH SUN M.D. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled137	WIND GAP	Pennsylvania
IRVING HABER D.O. Pain Medicine	Claims Filled133	TERRE HAUTE	Indiana
JASEN CHI M.D. Rheumatology	Claims Filled130	LITTLE ROCK	Arkansas
CATHY LUO M.D Specialist	Claims Filled129	FAYETTEVILLE	Arkansas