Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Connecticut
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Connecticut rose 2.9% between 2013 and 2024 — a slower fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 471,543 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 103,729 patients, an average of 4.55 fills per patient per year, which ranks 30 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 33% of it.
471,543
Claims, 2024
103,729
Patients, 2024
4.55
Fills per patient
+2.9%
Since 2013
Connecticut over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Connecticut prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 155,383 | 33% |
| Lorazepam | 133,144 | 28.2% |
| Clonazepam | 128,220 | 27.2% |
| Diazepam | 41,988 | 8.9% |
| Temazepam | 8,992 | 1.9% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Connecticut
468 psychiatric prescribers in Connecticut appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 66 of them recorded at least a 50% fall in benzodiazepine claims since 2019. Sorted by change, largest reduction first.
This is a record, not a recommendation. A fall in Medicare benzodiazepine claims has many possible explanations — a changing patient panel, retirement, a shift to another payer, or simply dropping below the threshold CMS publishes. It does not establish that a prescriber supports tapering, and a low number does not mean they will take you as a patient. Use it as one input, then ask the five vetting questions.
| Prescriber | City | 2019 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil LiebowitzPsychiatry | Farmington | 849 | 11 | -98.7% |
| Mark MittauerPsychiatry | Groton | 663 | 14 | -97.9% |
| Richard AndersonPsychiatry | Wallingford | 871 | 22 | -97.5% |
| Hira JainPsychiatry | Manchester | 835 | 24 | -97.1% |
| Gregory PetersonPsychiatry | Middletown | 279 | 13 | -95.3% |
| Alejandro Gonzalez-RestrepoPsychiatry | Hartford | 197 | 13 | -93.4% |
| Wayne CottonPsychiatry | Glastonbury | 214 | 16 | -92.5% |
| Peter SandwellPsychiatry | Manchester | 529 | 46 | -91.3% |
| Penelope CarmichaelPsychiatry | Hartford | 123 | 11 | -91.1% |
| Christiane KubitPsychiatry | Danbury | 330 | 30 | -90.9% |
| John NazarianPsychiatry | Enfield | 171 | 17 | -90.1% |
| Hassan DinakarPsychiatry | Meriden | 78 | 11 | -85.9% |
| Catherine TeslukPsychiatry | New Haven | 108 | 16 | -85.2% |
| Robert BehrendsPsychiatry | Waterbury | 799 | 123 | -84.6% |
| Shaukat KhanPsychiatry | West Haven | 75 | 12 | -84% |
| Raksha PrabhulalPsychiatry | Bridgeport | 242 | 41 | -83.1% |
| Angela CappielloPsychiatry & Neurology | Hamden | 67 | 12 | -82.1% |
| Howard WeinerPsychiatry & Neurology | Stamford | 61 | 11 | -82% |
| Venugopal ThangadaPsychiatry | Dayville | 146 | 27 | -81.5% |
| Nayla HarizPsychiatry | Hartford | 118 | 23 | -80.5% |
| Joyce KamanitzPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartford | 122 | 24 | -80.3% |
| Amanda SpeicherPsychiatry | New London | 84 | 17 | -79.8% |
| Mohammed KhanPsychiatry | Stamford | 128 | 26 | -79.7% |
| Richard KravitzPsychiatry & Neurology | West Haven | 54 | 11 | -79.6% |
| Sarah Jane De AsisPsychiatry | Mansfield Center | 255 | 53 | -79.2% |
| Robert WhitePsychiatry | New Haven | 672 | 144 | -78.6% |
| Linus AbramsPsychiatry & Neurology | Greenwich | 93 | 20 | -78.5% |
| Alexander MianoPsychiatry | Dayville | 203 | 44 | -78.3% |
| James PhillipsPsychiatry | Milford | 118 | 26 | -78% |
| Owen SchneiderPsychiatry | Fairfield | 1,136 | 282 | -75.2% |
| Charles MorganPsychiatry | Bridgeport | 149 | 40 | -73.2% |
| Richard RubinPsychiatry | Guilford | 96 | 26 | -72.9% |
| Walter MathisPsychiatry | New Haven | 84 | 23 | -72.6% |
| Michael BarberiePsychiatry | Redding | 559 | 155 | -72.3% |
| Brian FrankelPsychiatry | Manchester | 71 | 20 | -71.8% |
| Lee BrauerPsychiatry | West Hartford | 101 | 31 | -69.3% |
| Charles GardnerPsychiatry & Neurology | Greenwich | 46 | 15 | -67.4% |
| Julie PetersPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 33 | 11 | -66.7% |
| Leela PanoorPsychiatry | Vernon | 706 | 244 | -65.4% |
| George Shapiro WeissNeuropsychiatry | Middletown | 52 | 18 | -65.4% |
| John MoorePsychiatry | Norwalk | 211 | 74 | -64.9% |
| Esperanza DiazPsychiatry | New Haven | 67 | 24 | -64.2% |
| James CiarciaPsychiatry & Neurology | Branford | 227 | 82 | -63.9% |
| Kenneth BervPsychiatry & Neurology | New Canaan | 33 | 12 | -63.6% |
| Barry KernerPsychiatry | Fairfield | 90 | 33 | -63.3% |
| Hadar LubinPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 57 | 21 | -63.2% |
| Swapnil GuptaPsychiatry | New Haven | 134 | 50 | -62.7% |
| Patrice HolmesPsychiatry | Middletown | 173 | 65 | -62.4% |
| Yana FrenkelPsychiatry | Hartford | 648 | 253 | -61% |
| Sreedevi NampoothiriPsychiatry | Waterbury | 133 | 53 | -60.2% |
| Diana PaezPsychiatry | Farmington | 30 | 12 | -60% |
| Richard GoldbergPsychiatry & Neurology | Avon | 290 | 118 | -59.3% |
| Christopher HammelPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 27 | 11 | -59.3% |
| Ladan HamdheydariPsychiatry | Shelton | 136 | 56 | -58.8% |
| Susan ParkePsychiatry | New Haven | 34 | 14 | -58.8% |
| Ryan DoylePsychiatry | Waterbury | 29 | 12 | -58.6% |
| Bassam AwwaPsychiatry | New London | 2,763 | 1,148 | -58.5% |
| Kenneth MarcusPsychiatry | New Haven | 91 | 38 | -58.2% |
| Jose BejaranoPsychiatry | New Haven | 207 | 90 | -56.5% |
| Patricia AguayoPsychiatry | New Britain | 225 | 101 | -55.1% |
| Harry MorganGeriatric Psychiatry | Glastonbury | 538 | 242 | -55% |
| Sarah McallisterPsychiatry & Neurology | Norwalk | 53 | 24 | -54.7% |
| Barbara OrrokPsychiatry | New Haven | 340 | 157 | -53.8% |
| Olaf OglandPsychiatry | Old Lyme | 98 | 47 | -52% |
| Shweta AminPsychiatry | Westport | 35 | 17 | -51.4% |
| Alejandra WortmanNeuropsychiatry | Greenwich | 22 | 11 | -50% |
| Shah NawazPsychiatry | Waterbury | 950 | 491 | -48.3% |
| Joyce TinsleyPsychiatry | Hartford | 481 | 249 | -48.2% |
| Carlos Hernandez-AvilaPsychiatry | Newington | 83 | 44 | -47% |
| Diaa NoamanPsychiatry | Norwich | 47 | 25 | -46.8% |
| Ghazi AsaadPsychiatry | Danbury | 582 | 310 | -46.7% |
| Catalin PraleaPsychiatry | Middletown | 184 | 99 | -46.2% |
| Halevoor MahalingaiahPsychiatry | Middletown | 116 | 63 | -45.7% |
| Marc AronsonPsychiatry | Middletown | 139 | 76 | -45.3% |
| Joshua FarberPsychiatry & Neurology | West Haven | 20 | 11 | -45% |
| Pramila NathanNeuropsychiatry | Milford | 174 | 97 | -44.3% |
| Camille AlvaradoPsychiatry | Farmington | 173 | 98 | -43.4% |
| Alan SiegalGeriatric Psychiatry | Hamden | 672 | 397 | -40.9% |
| Smadar Kometz-RockPsychiatry & Neurology | Milford | 32 | 19 | -40.6% |
| Alfred HerzogPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartford | 195 | 116 | -40.5% |
| Sergio MejiaPsychiatry | Hartford | 622 | 376 | -39.5% |
| Deborah WeidnerPsychiatry | Mansfield Center | 33 | 20 | -39.4% |
| Michael TwistPsychiatry | Hartford | 184 | 112 | -39.1% |
| Lucy WojcickiPsychiatry | New Haven | 46 | 28 | -39.1% |
| Diana StancovPsychiatry | Danbury | 380 | 236 | -37.9% |
| Ronald DavidoffPsychiatry | Enfield | 603 | 381 | -36.8% |
| Kerin OrbePsychiatry | Danbury | 128 | 81 | -36.7% |
| Roxana LlovetPsychiatry | Bridgeport | 218 | 140 | -35.8% |
| Asha QusbaPsychiatry | Enfield | 656 | 423 | -35.5% |
| Marshal MandelkernPsychiatry | Woodbridge | 51 | 33 | -35.3% |
| Louis SanfilippoPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 23 | 15 | -34.8% |
| Deborah LipschitzPsychiatry & Neurology | Fairfield | 79 | 52 | -34.2% |
| Mihaela BoranPsychiatry | Derby | 335 | 222 | -33.7% |
| Michael Jean-BaptistePsychiatry | Woodbridge | 971 | 648 | -33.3% |
| Myron GlucksmanPsychiatry & Neurology | West Redding | 39 | 26 | -33.3% |
| Ammar TraboulsiPsychiatry | New London | 43 | 29 | -32.6% |
| Robert McwilliamPsychiatry | Woodbury | 56 | 38 | -32.1% |
| Mohammed SimjeePsychiatry | Hartford | 28 | 19 | -32.1% |
| Kenneth GrahamPsychiatry | Stamford | 1,190 | 815 | -31.5% |
| Jay TillmanGeriatric Psychiatry | Canton | 739 | 506 | -31.5% |
| Yonghong TanPsychiatry | Norwalk | 154 | 106 | -31.2% |
| Lori CalabresePsychiatry & Neurology | South Windsor | 699 | 485 | -30.6% |
| Barclay CarasPsychiatry | Norwich | 229 | 160 | -30.1% |
| Deborah SchroterPsychiatry | New Haven | 187 | 132 | -29.4% |
| Sudha SreenivasanPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 328 | 236 | -28% |
| David KruleeNeuropsychiatry | Wallingford | 65 | 47 | -27.7% |
| Joshua PollackPsychiatry | Greenwich | 344 | 249 | -27.6% |
| Carol StarrPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartford | 48 | 35 | -27.1% |
| Herbert PearsallPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 26 | 19 | -26.9% |
| Gretchen HermesPsychiatry | New Haven | 131 | 96 | -26.7% |
| Kay CowanPsychiatry & Neurology | Westport | 15 | 11 | -26.7% |
| David PepperPsychiatry | Hartford | 34 | 25 | -26.5% |
| Luis GonzalezPsychiatry | New London | 407 | 300 | -26.3% |
| Richard O'SullivanPsychiatry | Hartford | 180 | 133 | -26.1% |
| Deborah FriedPsychiatry | New Haven | 46 | 34 | -26.1% |
| Alice PapsunPsychiatry | New Haven | 64 | 48 | -25% |
| John SamanichNeuropsychiatry | Greenwich | 20 | 15 | -25% |
| Tilla RuserPsychiatry | Hartford | 16 | 12 | -25% |
| John GallaleePsychiatry & Neurology | Branford | 102 | 77 | -24.5% |
| Ayesha AhmedPsychiatry | Bloomfield | 119 | 90 | -24.4% |
| Salvatore IacobelloPsychiatry | Hartford | 305 | 231 | -24.3% |
| Manoharan NachiyappanPsychiatry | Bristol | 1,381 | 1,054 | -23.7% |
| Marina ZatmanPsychiatry | Woodbury | 591 | 453 | -23.4% |
| Faye HeislerPsychiatry | Meriden | 525 | 402 | -23.4% |
| Rocco MarottaPsychiatry | Ridgefield | 142 | 111 | -21.8% |
| Lauren MercerPsychiatry | Hamden | 750 | 587 | -21.7% |
| Santha KurienPsychiatry | Danbury | 629 | 493 | -21.6% |
| Mark StracksPsychiatry | Roxbury | 145 | 114 | -21.4% |
| Henri CzarnyPsychiatry | Milford | 311 | 246 | -20.9% |
| Stephen HolzmanPsychiatry | Glastonbury | 461 | 367 | -20.4% |
| Charles DikePsychiatry & Neurology | Middletown | 48 | 39 | -18.8% |
| Mikhail MagidPsychiatry | Westport | 38 | 31 | -18.4% |
| Abdelmonim AffanyPsychiatry & Neurology | Avon | 830 | 679 | -18.2% |
| Evan FoxPsychiatry | Glastonbury | 306 | 252 | -17.6% |
| Samuel SilvermanPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 17 | 14 | -17.6% |
| Gene MaranPsychiatry | Norwich | 635 | 534 | -15.9% |
| Bart SloanPsychiatry | Norwalk | 879 | 740 | -15.8% |
| Peter MorganPsychiatry | New Haven | 122 | 103 | -15.6% |
| David RossPsychiatry | Monroe | 137 | 116 | -15.3% |
| Eleanor StutzPsychiatry | Waterbury | 148 | 127 | -14.2% |
| Hassan MinhasPsychiatry | Stamford | 247 | 213 | -13.8% |
| Peter MohrerPsychiatry | Guilford | 1,033 | 899 | -13% |
| Oscar HillsPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 54 | 47 | -13% |
| Helen LankenauPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 32 | 28 | -12.5% |
| Suman BaddamPsychiatry | New Haven | 16 | 14 | -12.5% |
| Serena-Lynn BrownPsychiatry | Milford | 96 | 85 | -11.5% |
| Vanja KondevPsychiatry & Neurology | Bridgeport | 256 | 227 | -11.3% |
| Javier LopezPsychiatry | Bridgeport | 223 | 198 | -11.2% |
| Jeffry KlugmanPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 221 | 198 | -10.4% |
| Mihai CaratasPsychiatry | New Britain | 530 | 477 | -10% |
| Henry CrabbePsychiatry | New London | 899 | 816 | -9.2% |
| Martin CooperPsychiatry | Farmington | 844 | 766 | -9.2% |
| Stephen AlloyPsychiatry | Manchester | 555 | 508 | -8.5% |
| Susan McnamaraPsychiatry | Middletown | 12 | 11 | -8.3% |
| Glenn KonopaskePsychiatry | Farmington | 12 | 11 | -8.3% |
| Dale WallingtonPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 348 | 320 | -8% |
| Juan Carlos Cleves-BayonNeuropsychiatry | New Haven | 26 | 24 | -7.7% |
| Dorothea Schuetz-MuellerPsychiatry | Norwalk | 579 | 537 | -7.3% |
| Arvind ShahPsychiatry & Neurology | Waterbury | 14 | 13 | -7.1% |
| Anna Wisniewski-ZyskowskiPsychiatry | Stamford | 14 | 13 | -7.1% |
| Noshin ChowdhuryPsychiatry & Neurology | Norwalk | 93 | 87 | -6.5% |
| Joanna Fogg-WaberskiGeriatric Psychiatry | Hartford | 316 | 300 | -5.1% |
| Gary PlotkePsychiatry | New Haven | 171 | 163 | -4.7% |
| Adam FogelPsychiatry | Norwalk | 304 | 290 | -4.6% |
| Susan KrugerPsychiatry & Neurology | West Haven | 24 | 23 | -4.2% |
| Anne Villari-LeePsychiatry | Norwalk | 330 | 320 | -3% |
| Raymond MorrisPsychiatry | Middletown | 356 | 346 | -2.8% |
| Robert OstroffPsychiatry | Hamden | 238 | 232 | -2.5% |
| F MuellerGeriatric Psychiatry | Stamford | 1,084 | 1,058 | -2.4% |
| Peter McallisterPsychiatry & Neurology | Fairfield | 176 | 173 | -1.7% |
| Laurence LoreficePsychiatry & Neurology | Old Greenwich | 450 | 448 | -0.4% |
| Albert KoeglerPsychiatry & Neurology | Guilford | 102 | 102 | 0% |
| Tichianaa ArmahPsychiatry & Neurology | Stamford | 95 | 95 | 0% |
| Stewart WolffPsychiatry | Hartford | 13 | 13 | 0% |
| C GrovePsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 12 | 12 | 0% |
| Charlotte LaroccaPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartford | 12 | 12 | 0% |
| Anri KissilenkoPsychiatry | New Canaan | 159 | 160 | +0.6% |
| Ritu SehgalPsychiatry | Manchester | 539 | 551 | +2.2% |
| Irene AbramovichPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 541 | 554 | +2.4% |
| Erika PolyanskayaPsychiatry | Newington | 74 | 76 | +2.7% |
| Ronni SteinPsychiatry | West Hartford | 37 | 39 | +5.4% |
| Victor TiradoPsychiatry | Wethersfield | 1,187 | 1,255 | +5.7% |
| Joseph WilliamsPsychiatry | Danbury | 407 | 430 | +5.7% |
| Allan JacobsPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 222 | 235 | +5.9% |
| Joel AlbertNeuropsychiatry | Weston | 17 | 18 | +5.9% |
| Karen JonesPsychiatry & Neurology | West Hartford | 78 | 83 | +6.4% |
| Neha JainPsychiatry | Farmington | 145 | 155 | +6.9% |
| Mark WaynikPsychiatry | Fairfield | 2,532 | 2,716 | +7.3% |
| Mark LigorskiPsychiatry | Danbury | 641 | 689 | +7.5% |
| Joseph GoldbergPsychiatry & Neurology | New Canaan | 183 | 197 | +7.7% |
| Sanders SteinPsychiatry & Neurology | Stamford | 60 | 65 | +8.3% |
| Eric MillmanNeuropsychiatry | New Haven | 12 | 13 | +8.3% |
| Margaret ChaplinPsychiatry | Hartford | 123 | 134 | +8.9% |
| Steven MadonickPsychiatry | Manchester | 1,130 | 1,235 | +9.3% |
| Thomas KnoxPsychiatry & Neurology | Ridgefield | 93 | 102 | +9.7% |
| Brenda PlanckPsychiatry | Middletown | 139 | 153 | +10.1% |
| Joseph RussoPsychiatry & Neurology | Westport | 107 | 118 | +10.3% |
| Paul ToropPsychiatry | Middletown | 115 | 127 | +10.4% |
| Gale LevinPsychiatry | New Haven | 147 | 163 | +10.9% |
| Ira DeitzPsychiatry & Neurology | Trumbull | 119 | 133 | +11.8% |
| Pamela KurthPsychiatry | West Hartford | 75 | 84 | +12% |
| Andrew WinokurPsychiatry | Farmington | 120 | 135 | +12.5% |
| Isaiah ChasePsychiatry | New Haven | 192 | 217 | +13% |
| Subbarao BollepalliPsychiatry | Wallingford | 80 | 91 | +13.8% |
| Theddeus IheanachoPsychiatry | Milford | 158 | 180 | +13.9% |
| Cynthia ConradPsychiatry & Neurology | Guilford | 139 | 160 | +15.1% |
| Jayesh KamathPsychiatry | Farmington | 105 | 121 | +15.2% |
| Lazaro PomeraniecPsychiatry | Fairfield | 641 | 743 | +15.9% |
| Jeffrey SheltonPsychiatry | Bristol | 55 | 64 | +16.4% |
| Michael CarusoPsychiatry | Torrington | 564 | 657 | +16.5% |
| Kim OwenPsychiatry | West Haven | 119 | 139 | +16.8% |
| Kristen SadanaPsychiatry | Danbury | 161 | 190 | +18% |
| Robert ChangPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 11 | 13 | +18.2% |
| Daniel MasonPsychiatry | New Canaan | 27 | 32 | +18.5% |
| Bruce RothschildPsychiatry | Hartford | 737 | 875 | +18.7% |
| Marvin ZelmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartford | 103 | 123 | +19.4% |
| Pamela MaskaraNeuropsychiatry | Westport | 25 | 30 | +20% |
| Brian EddyPsychiatry | West Hartford | 355 | 429 | +20.8% |
| Sarah FinebergPsychiatry | New Haven | 71 | 86 | +21.1% |
| Jenifer NieldsPsychiatry & Neurology | Fairfield | 18 | 22 | +22.2% |
| Thomas SmithPsychiatry & Neurology | Westport | 18 | 22 | +22.2% |
| Elisabeth KressleyNeuropsychiatry | Essex | 13 | 16 | +23.1% |
| David LondonPsychiatry & Neurology | Waterford | 203 | 250 | +23.2% |
| Joanna JakubowskaPsychiatry | Meriden | 276 | 341 | +23.6% |
| Richard YunPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 93 | 115 | +23.7% |
| Daniel SmucklerPsychiatry | Ridgefield | 29 | 36 | +24.1% |
| Cenk TekPsychiatry | New Haven | 40 | 50 | +25% |
| Alex DemacPsychiatry & Neurology | Middlebury | 65 | 82 | +26.2% |
| Orestes ArcuniPsychiatry | Danbury | 67 | 85 | +26.9% |
| Michael VollmarPsychiatry | Hamden | 402 | 512 | +27.4% |
| Charles AlexanderPsychiatry & Neurology | Southport | 306 | 393 | +28.4% |
| David MelmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Enfield | 404 | 520 | +28.7% |
| Lois MortonPsychiatry & Neurology | Greenwich | 53 | 69 | +30.2% |
| Julie VolpePsychiatry | Hartford | 96 | 126 | +31.2% |
| Mandrill TaylorPsychiatry | West Haven | 148 | 195 | +31.8% |
| Dennis BanksPsychiatry & Neurology | Westport | 39 | 52 | +33.3% |
| Frederick ReindelPsychiatry | Bristol | 509 | 679 | +33.4% |
| Pavle JoksovicPsychiatry | Milford | 414 | 553 | +33.6% |
| Teodora AndreiPsychiatry | Manchester | 777 | 1,040 | +33.8% |
| Sabooh MubbasharPsychiatry | Waterbury | 112 | 150 | +33.9% |
| Neelu GillPsychiatry | Hartford | 223 | 301 | +35% |
| Neil DolanGeriatric Psychiatry | Bridgeport | 14 | 19 | +35.7% |
| Bindu LalPsychiatry | Branford | 64 | 87 | +35.9% |
| Shragit GlazmanPsychiatry | Old Lyme | 24 | 33 | +37.5% |
| Susan SavulakPsychiatry | Southington | 111 | 153 | +37.8% |
| Raquel LugoPsychiatry | Middletown | 58 | 81 | +39.7% |
| Christopher PittengerPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 15 | 21 | +40% |
| Rajesh ParekhPsychiatry | Norwich | 320 | 463 | +44.7% |
| Kathleen RiveraPsychiatry | Danbury | 112 | 163 | +45.5% |
| Richard BelitskyPsychiatry & Neurology | New Haven | 11 | 16 | +45.5% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 468 prescribers in Connecticut.
Figures are reproduced from the CMS public use files without alteration. Clinicians who believe a row misstates their record can write to support@taperoffbenzos.com and we will check it against the source file and correct or remove it.
Finding a prescriber in Connecticut
This data describes prescribing patterns; it does not tell you who will support a slow taper. For that, our guide to finding a benzo-wise prescriber compares every free provider directory that exists and lists the five questions that predict how a taper will go. If you already have a prescriber, the taper calculator generates a schedule to review with them.
Frequently asked questions
Is benzodiazepine prescribing rising or falling in Connecticut?
It rose 2.9% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a slower fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Connecticut recorded 471,543 benzodiazepine claims across 103,729 patients.
How does Connecticut compare to other states?
Connecticut ranks 30 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.55 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 47 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Connecticut?
Alprazolam, at 155,383 claims — 33% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Lorazepam (28.2%) and Clonazepam (27.2%).
Source
CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers public use files, data years 2013–2024 (US Government work, public domain). Medicare Part D only — it excludes commercial insurance and cash-pay, skews toward patients 65 and over, and suppresses cells of 10 or fewer claims. Full methodology and limitations are on the national page.