Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Maryland
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Maryland rose 3.2% between 2013 and 2024 — a slower fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 426,055 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 101,187 patients, an average of 4.21 fills per patient per year, which ranks 41 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 32.6% of it.
426,055
Claims, 2024
101,187
Patients, 2024
4.21
Fills per patient
+3.2%
Since 2013
Maryland over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Maryland prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 138,682 | 32.6% |
| Clonazepam | 117,168 | 27.5% |
| Lorazepam | 111,288 | 26.1% |
| Diazepam | 43,111 | 10.1% |
| Temazepam | 10,673 | 2.5% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Maryland
525 psychiatric prescribers in Maryland appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajendra LowtanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 645 | 16 | -97.5% |
| Ijaz KhanPsychiatry | Bethesda | 249 | 14 | -94.4% |
| Frances ClaytorPsychiatry | Bethesda | 243 | 14 | -94.2% |
| Harwant GillPsychiatry | Kensington | 263 | 17 | -93.5% |
| David ShevitzPsychiatry | Baltimore | 186 | 12 | -93.5% |
| Edward SwantonPsychiatry | Lutherville | 218 | 18 | -91.7% |
| Elizabeth RichardsonPsychiatry | Baltimore | 148 | 13 | -91.2% |
| Shivani MyerPsychiatry | Baltimore | 242 | 23 | -90.5% |
| Harini BaluPsychiatry | Baltimore | 3,481 | 428 | -87.7% |
| Robert MamanPsychiatry | Lexington Park | 433 | 54 | -87.5% |
| Cynthia FieldsPsychiatry | Baltimore | 368 | 50 | -86.4% |
| James CooperPsychiatry | Kensington | 104 | 15 | -85.6% |
| Juhi NayeemPsychiatry | Laurel | 169 | 26 | -84.6% |
| Lana BorinPsychiatry | Baltimore | 831 | 135 | -83.8% |
| Ruth MurrayPsychiatry | Silver Spring | 111 | 18 | -83.8% |
| Samuel NavaPsychiatry | Cumberland | 85 | 14 | -83.5% |
| David GoodmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Lutherville | 148 | 26 | -82.4% |
| Laura GaffneyPsychiatry | Towson | 67 | 12 | -82.1% |
| Aerath MenonPsychiatry | Towson | 72 | 14 | -80.6% |
| Gratiela ZbarceaPsychiatry | Cumberland | 107 | 21 | -80.4% |
| Andrew RudoPsychiatry | Towson | 417 | 82 | -80.3% |
| Don SmithPsychiatry | Randallstown | 608 | 123 | -79.8% |
| Sanjeev SinghalPsychiatry | Frederick | 326 | 69 | -78.8% |
| Sarabjit SinghPsychiatry & Neurology | Frederick | 61 | 13 | -78.7% |
| Edward EhlersPsychiatry | Cumberland | 994 | 218 | -78.1% |
| Richard TempletonPsychiatry | Annapolis | 390 | 87 | -77.7% |
| Kristina MoneyPsychiatry | Baltimore | 166 | 37 | -77.7% |
| Allan AndersonGeriatric Psychiatry | Cambridge | 107 | 24 | -77.6% |
| Kathleen AckermanPsychiatry | Gaithersburg | 67 | 15 | -77.6% |
| Raymond HoffmanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 55 | 13 | -76.4% |
| Robert RileyPsychiatry | Baltimore | 376 | 89 | -76.3% |
| Kim Jones-FearingPsychiatry | Burtonsville | 50 | 12 | -76% |
| Suzy NashedPsychiatry | Elkton | 45 | 11 | -75.6% |
| Hina AamirPsychiatry | Aberdeen | 61 | 15 | -75.4% |
| Andrew SpeerPsychiatry | Bethesda | 150 | 37 | -75.3% |
| Joan BielefeldPsychiatry & Neurology | Towson | 60 | 15 | -75% |
| Jay NewmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Towson | 56 | 14 | -75% |
| Carlos AstradaPsychiatry | Baltimore | 90 | 23 | -74.4% |
| Nadia KrupnikovaPsychiatry | Rockville | 86 | 22 | -74.4% |
| Vani RaoPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 43 | 11 | -74.4% |
| Leonard HertzbergPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 63 | 17 | -73% |
| Lashire DieguePsychiatry | Glen Burnie | 231 | 64 | -72.3% |
| Lakshmi BaddelaPsychiatry | Abingdon | 280 | 78 | -72.1% |
| Larry AlessiPsychiatry | Baltimore | 100 | 28 | -72% |
| Paulette AndersonPsychiatry | Chestertown | 45 | 13 | -71.1% |
| Brenda ScribnerPsychiatry | Easton | 134 | 39 | -70.9% |
| Shawn CassadyPsychiatry | Aberdeen | 147 | 45 | -69.4% |
| Makeida KoyiPsychiatry | Baltimore | 58 | 18 | -69% |
| Mark KomradPsychiatry & Neurology | Towson | 61 | 19 | -68.9% |
| Munachim UyanwunePsychiatry | Towson | 41 | 13 | -68.3% |
| Dwight DoneskyPsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 295 | 94 | -68.1% |
| David ChandranPsychiatry | Ellicott City | 74 | 24 | -67.6% |
| Olayinka JohnsonPsychiatry | Linthicum | 37 | 12 | -67.6% |
| Wendy Spencer-SuprynowiczPsychiatry | Columbia | 66 | 22 | -66.7% |
| Mahmoud MalayeriPsychiatry | Salisbury | 70 | 24 | -65.7% |
| Joseph HochheiserNeuropsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 35 | 12 | -65.7% |
| Donna BeitelPsychiatry | Cambridge | 122 | 42 | -65.6% |
| Bernadette GogginsPsychiatry | Baltimore | 61 | 21 | -65.6% |
| Alan JonasPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 348 | 121 | -65.2% |
| Benjamin IsraelPsychiatry | Baltimore | 34 | 12 | -64.7% |
| Christopher KowalskyPsychiatry | Bethesda | 106 | 38 | -64.2% |
| Aimee Alinsonorin-DioguardiPsychiatry | Solomons | 33 | 12 | -63.6% |
| Terry TeplitzPsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 52 | 20 | -61.5% |
| Naveena HemanthPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville | 111 | 43 | -61.3% |
| Uma DeviPsychiatry | Gaithersburg | 69 | 27 | -60.9% |
| Daniel StorchPsychiatry | Columbia | 265 | 106 | -60% |
| Steven SalzbergPsychiatry | Towson | 50 | 21 | -58% |
| Stephanie DurruthyPsychiatry & Neurology | Ellicott City | 52 | 22 | -57.7% |
| Durga RoyPsychiatry | Baltimore | 63 | 27 | -57.1% |
| David GeorgePsychiatry | Potomac | 35 | 15 | -57.1% |
| Christiane TellefsenPsychiatry | Baltimore | 73 | 32 | -56.2% |
| Chul KwonPsychiatry | Baltimore | 536 | 237 | -55.8% |
| Laurence PezorPsychiatry | Columbia | 52 | 24 | -53.8% |
| Paul GianakonPsychiatry | Annapolis | 1,461 | 681 | -53.4% |
| Naveen MaddineniPsychiatry | Silver Spring | 75 | 35 | -53.3% |
| Sushma JaniPsychiatry | Columbia | 53 | 25 | -52.8% |
| Claude SmithPsychiatry | Baltimore | 178 | 85 | -52.2% |
| Lisa ReichardPsychiatry | Baltimore | 102 | 49 | -52% |
| Hei-Jung KimPsychiatry | Rockville | 371 | 180 | -51.5% |
| Dennis KutzerPsychiatry | Baltimore | 217 | 106 | -51.2% |
| Robert LittmanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 53 | 26 | -50.9% |
| Michael TorresPsychiatry | Baltimore | 136 | 67 | -50.7% |
| Adegboyega OyemadePsychiatry | Emmitsburg | 170 | 84 | -50.6% |
| Abdul MalikPsychiatry | Towson | 531 | 265 | -50.1% |
| Anthony LehmanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 161 | 81 | -49.7% |
| Margo LauterbachPsychiatry | Baltimore | 151 | 76 | -49.7% |
| Jill RachbeiselPsychiatry | Baltimore | 119 | 60 | -49.6% |
| Mary JamesPsychiatry | Frederick | 72 | 37 | -48.6% |
| Lynn DeutschPsychiatry | Rockville | 54 | 28 | -48.1% |
| Harley SmootPsychiatry & Neurology | Germantown | 139 | 73 | -47.5% |
| Milan JoshiPsychiatry | Columbia | 936 | 493 | -47.3% |
| Susan BoydPsychiatry | Baltimore | 640 | 341 | -46.7% |
| Joshua ChiappelliPsychiatry | Baltimore | 78 | 43 | -44.9% |
| John CarrillPsychiatry | Hagerstown | 123 | 68 | -44.7% |
| Mohammed LatifPsychiatry | Hagerstown | 709 | 405 | -42.9% |
| Stanley SlaterGeriatric Psychiatry | Chevy Chase | 21 | 12 | -42.9% |
| Bruce HershfieldPsychiatry & Neurology | Sparks | 38 | 22 | -42.1% |
| Adebowale PopoolaPsychiatry | Rockville | 103 | 60 | -41.7% |
| Sabah HadiNeuropsychiatry | Frederick | 77 | 45 | -41.6% |
| Ralph ScovillePsychiatry | Havre De Grace | 936 | 549 | -41.3% |
| Rehana HussainPsychiatry | Waldorf | 131 | 77 | -41.2% |
| Gary GayPsychiatry | Churchville | 855 | 506 | -40.8% |
| Charito Quintero-HowardPsychiatry | Towson | 248 | 147 | -40.7% |
| Richard SilverPsychiatry & Neurology | Columbia | 65 | 39 | -40% |
| Esther EstwickPsychiatry | Lanham | 422 | 258 | -38.9% |
| Aviva GoldmanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 84 | 52 | -38.1% |
| Edward ZuzartePsychiatry | Baltimore | 837 | 520 | -37.9% |
| Surrinder KapoorPsychiatry | Salisbury | 132 | 82 | -37.9% |
| Ibukun-Olu IsaacsNeuropsychiatry | Leonardtown | 101 | 63 | -37.6% |
| Janice MillerPsychiatry & Neurology | Pikesville | 19 | 12 | -36.8% |
| Daniel KauffmanPsychiatry | Bethesda | 41 | 26 | -36.6% |
| Ghislaine FougyPsychiatry | Silver Spring | 488 | 312 | -36.1% |
| Charita PopePsychiatry | Rockville | 25 | 16 | -36% |
| Stephen SaundersPsychiatry | Baltimore | 234 | 150 | -35.9% |
| Jared PutnamPsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 448 | 288 | -35.7% |
| Bethanne MoorePsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 58 | 38 | -34.5% |
| Constance AntonPsychiatry | Hagerstown | 937 | 624 | -33.4% |
| Constantine LyketsosPsychiatry | Baltimore | 18 | 12 | -33.3% |
| Kimberly PesanielloPsychiatry | Snow Hill | 18 | 12 | -33.3% |
| Venera MillerPsychiatry | Prince Frederick | 167 | 112 | -32.9% |
| Syed NaqviPsychiatry | Prince Frederick | 19 | 13 | -31.6% |
| Scott SpierPsychiatry | Baltimore | 67 | 46 | -31.3% |
| William NarrowPsychiatry | Baltimore | 67 | 46 | -31.3% |
| Chiadikaobi OnyikePsychiatry | Baltimore | 16 | 11 | -31.2% |
| Supriya NarangPsychiatry | Timonium | 681 | 475 | -30.2% |
| Michael GrossPsychiatry | Rockville | 240 | 168 | -30% |
| Bert NayfackPsychiatry | Baltimore | 34 | 24 | -29.4% |
| Umaru Labay-KamaraPsychiatry | Hughesville | 338 | 239 | -29.3% |
| Mohit ManandharPsychiatry | Baltimore | 486 | 347 | -28.6% |
| Martin SteinbergPsychiatry | Baltimore | 261 | 187 | -28.4% |
| Anandraj MattaiPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville | 46 | 33 | -28.3% |
| Robert LehmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 341 | 245 | -28.2% |
| Elsa CorreaPsychiatry | Reisterstown | 624 | 449 | -28% |
| Patrick BartaPsychiatry | Towson | 43 | 31 | -27.9% |
| John LionPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 36 | 26 | -27.8% |
| Rivka Ben DorPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville | 18 | 13 | -27.8% |
| Ahmad KhanPsychiatry | Columbia | 728 | 528 | -27.5% |
| Anita BansalPsychiatry | Rockville | 213 | 156 | -26.8% |
| Samina YousufiPsychiatry | Gaithersburg | 288 | 211 | -26.7% |
| Julia SolerPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 165 | 123 | -25.5% |
| Meredith JohnstonPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 94 | 70 | -25.5% |
| Norman RosenthalPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville | 89 | 67 | -24.7% |
| Grace InyangNeuropsychiatry | Clinton | 45 | 34 | -24.4% |
| David ZwerdlingPsychiatry | Silver Spring | 21 | 16 | -23.8% |
| Maria Peko-RiosPsychiatry | Wheaton | 64 | 49 | -23.4% |
| Archil AbashidzePsychiatry | Glen Burnie | 138 | 106 | -23.2% |
| Vassilis KoliatsosPsychiatry | Baltimore | 101 | 78 | -22.8% |
| Leroy BellPsychiatry | Baltimore | 261 | 203 | -22.2% |
| Stacey NealPsychiatry | Baltimore | 614 | 480 | -21.8% |
| Mark CrandallPsychiatry | Owings Mills | 318 | 249 | -21.7% |
| Myun-Ki KimPsychiatry & Neurology | Sykesville | 60 | 47 | -21.7% |
| Nicola CascellaPsychiatry | Baltimore | 93 | 73 | -21.5% |
| Victor FerransPsychiatry | Lutherville | 104 | 82 | -21.2% |
| Elias ShayaPsychiatry | Baltimore | 129 | 102 | -20.9% |
| Darryl ColemanPsychiatry | Catonsville | 299 | 240 | -19.7% |
| Nicholas ScottoPsychiatry | Baltimore | 189 | 152 | -19.6% |
| Maria Castineira GarciaPsychiatry | Silver Spring | 137 | 111 | -19% |
| Virginia AshleyPsychiatry | Towson | 222 | 181 | -18.5% |
| Richard BacharachPsychiatry | Ellicott City | 290 | 237 | -18.3% |
| Elizabeth MorrisonPsychiatry & Neurology | Chevy Chase | 48 | 40 | -16.7% |
| Chideha OhuohaPsychiatry | Temple Hills | 212 | 177 | -16.5% |
| Justin WadePsychiatry | Easton | 207 | 173 | -16.4% |
| Jeffrey LaffermanPsychiatry | Lutherville | 166 | 139 | -16.3% |
| Syeda HafizPsychiatry | Baltimore | 51 | 43 | -15.7% |
| Dida GanjooPsychiatry | Bowie | 815 | 690 | -15.3% |
| Garry SeligmanPsychiatry | Hagerstown | 1,788 | 1,522 | -14.9% |
| Paul WilliamsPsychiatry | Rockville | 81 | 69 | -14.8% |
| William HowardPsychiatry | Baltimore | 135 | 116 | -14.1% |
| George JamesPsychiatry | Burtonsville | 448 | 395 | -11.8% |
| Nellie RuelosPsychiatry | Eldersburg | 364 | 323 | -11.3% |
| Shashikala VenkatachalapathyPsychiatry | Salisbury | 758 | 679 | -10.4% |
| Jennifer MeuchelPsychiatry | Baltimore | 48 | 43 | -10.4% |
| Archana CaballeroPsychiatry | Baltimore | 166 | 150 | -9.6% |
| Patrick SheehanPsychiatry | Laurel | 45 | 41 | -8.9% |
| Anupriya RazdanPsychiatry | Baltimore | 137 | 125 | -8.8% |
| Osama SalehPsychiatry | Prince Frederick | 1,339 | 1,224 | -8.6% |
| Adam KaplinPsychiatry | Baltimore | 12 | 11 | -8.3% |
| Aurangzeb KhanPsychiatry & Neurology | Frederick | 65 | 60 | -7.7% |
| Arman TaghizadehPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 13 | 12 | -7.7% |
| Ramesh ThaparPsychiatry | Gaithersburg | 518 | 480 | -7.3% |
| Michael FulopPsychiatry | Baltimore | 346 | 321 | -7.2% |
| Frederick NuciforaPsychiatry | Baltimore | 74 | 69 | -6.8% |
| Susana Feldman-NaimPsychiatry & Neurology | Bethesda | 15 | 14 | -6.7% |
| Stephen SiebertNeuropsychiatry | Towson | 34 | 32 | -5.9% |
| Elaine WeinerPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 265 | 250 | -5.7% |
| Jessie StephenPsychiatry | Frederick | 285 | 274 | -3.9% |
| Lisa HollanderPsychiatry | Pikesville | 80 | 77 | -3.8% |
| Apurva MakadiyaPsychiatry | Frederick | 52 | 50 | -3.8% |
| Clara PalmieriPsychiatry | Ellicott City | 28 | 27 | -3.6% |
| Sally WillettPsychiatry | Laurel | 125 | 124 | -0.8% |
| Laszlo TrazkovichPsychiatry | Westminster | 618 | 614 | -0.6% |
| Michael DiamondPsychiatry | Chevy Chase | 96 | 96 | 0% |
| Jeffrey SoulenPsychiatry | Ellicott City | 15 | 15 | 0% |
| Syed Asif AliPsychiatry & Neurology | Silver Spring | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Lisa HadleyPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 12 | 12 | 0% |
| Beatrice DenefieldPsychiatry | Baltimore | 265 | 266 | +0.4% |
| Kirk DenicoffPsychiatry & Neurology | Bethesda | 153 | 154 | +0.7% |
| Paul GiannandreaPsychiatry | Lutherville | 125 | 127 | +1.6% |
| Lawrence AdlerPsychiatry | Glen Burnie | 547 | 562 | +2.7% |
| Mahindranauth DeonarinePsychiatry | Lanham | 231 | 238 | +3% |
| Marilyn MartinPsychiatry & Neurology | Baltimore | 155 | 160 | +3.2% |
| Jimmy ChenPsychiatry | Montgomery Village | 559 | 578 | +3.4% |
| Terry DetrichPsychiatry | Easton | 82 | 86 | +4.9% |
| Riffat AshaiPsychiatry | Columbia | 135 | 142 | +5.2% |
| Jill KellyPsychiatry | Baltimore | 116 | 122 | +5.2% |
| Robert BuchananPsychiatry & Neurology | Catonsville | 65 | 69 | +6.2% |
| Steven RebarberNeuropsychiatry | Bethesda | 60 | 64 | +6.7% |
| Patricia SullivanPsychiatry | Columbia | 173 | 186 | +7.5% |
| Kathryn SuterPsychiatry | Bethesda | 12 | 13 | +8.3% |
| Jill JoyceGeriatric Psychiatry | Crofton | 35 | 38 | +8.6% |
| Nicholas SchorPsychiatry & Neurology | Olney | 160 | 174 | +8.8% |
| Sander GenserPsychiatry & Neurology | Potomac | 11 | 12 | +9.1% |
| Scott HagamanNeuropsychiatry | Catonsville | 11 | 12 | +9.1% |
| Douglas WoodruffPsychiatry | Baltimore | 32 | 35 | +9.4% |
| Nicola SaterPsychiatry | Bethesda | 20 | 22 | +10% |
| Ashish TambarPsychiatry | Chillum | 56 | 62 | +10.7% |
| Yuanfen ZhangPsychiatry | Rockville | 46 | 51 | +10.9% |
| Diana MataPsychiatry | Rockville | 18 | 20 | +11.1% |
| Mercedes RizoPsychiatry & Neurology | Towson | 98 | 109 | +11.2% |
| Ginta RemeikisPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville | 26 | 29 | +11.5% |
| Andrew GergelyPsychiatry | Dunkirk | 650 | 731 | +12.5% |
| Earl John MauricioPsychiatry | Largo | 125 | 141 | +12.8% |
| Jemima KankamPsychiatry | Laurel | 187 | 213 | +13.9% |
| Joshua SussalPsychiatry | Greenbelt | 337 | 389 | +15.4% |
| Abby WellmanPsychiatry | Rockville | 194 | 224 | +15.5% |
| Laurence GreenwoodPsychiatry | Greenbelt | 426 | 494 | +16% |
| Spencer JohnsonPsychiatry | Temple Hills | 311 | 361 | +16.1% |
| Brett GreenbergerPsychiatry | Baltimore | 30 | 35 | +16.7% |
| Julie KlepperPsychiatry & Neurology | Bethesda | 12 | 14 | +16.7% |
| Mahendra KheraPsychiatry | Sykesville | 117 | 137 | +17.1% |
| Sheryl AndersonPsychiatry | Columbia | 82 | 96 | +17.1% |
| Xiaoping ShaoPsychiatry | Frederick | 29 | 34 | +17.2% |
| Constance LacapPsychiatry | Baltimore | 172 | 206 | +19.8% |
| Jeffrey HsuPsychiatry | Baltimore | 19 | 23 | +21.1% |
| Vikramjit GillPsychiatry | Rockville | 195 | 237 | +21.5% |
| Terrye MowattPsychiatry | Columbia | 91 | 111 | +22% |
| Mahteme SelassiePsychiatry | Bethesda | 272 | 332 | +22.1% |
| Richard LoewensteinPsychiatry | Baltimore | 13 | 16 | +23.1% |
| Yura WilliamsPsychiatry | Baltimore | 359 | 445 | +24% |
| Roger LewinPsychiatry | Towson | 37 | 46 | +24.3% |
| Terry PrittPsychiatry | Baltimore | 98 | 122 | +24.5% |
| Mertine JermanyPsychiatry | Ellicott City | 24 | 30 | +25% |
| Allen KleinbergPsychiatry & Neurology | Catonsville | 16 | 20 | +25% |
| Jyoti BehlPsychiatry | Greenbelt | 540 | 676 | +25.2% |
| Curtis AdamsPsychiatry | Baltimore | 333 | 420 | +26.1% |
| Heather GoffPsychiatry | Baltimore | 137 | 173 | +26.3% |
| Mahmood JahromiPsychiatry & Neurology | Towson | 55 | 70 | +27.3% |
| Nancy WheelerPsychiatry & Neurology | Annapolis | 304 | 388 | +27.6% |
| Christine LiszewskiPsychiatry | Baltimore | 18 | 23 | +27.8% |
| Stuart VaronNeuropsychiatry | Lutherville | 25 | 32 | +28% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 525 prescribers in Maryland.
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 Maryland
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 Maryland?
It rose 3.2% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a slower fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Maryland recorded 426,055 benzodiazepine claims across 101,187 patients.
How does Maryland compare to other states?
Maryland ranks 41 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.21 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 48 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Maryland?
Alprazolam, at 138,682 claims — 32.6% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (27.5%) and Lorazepam (26.1%).
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.