Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Massachusetts
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Massachusetts rose 0.1% between 2013 and 2024 — a slower fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 1,040,617 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 201,517 patients, an average of 5.16 fills per patient per year, which ranks 9 of 51 states. Lorazepam accounts for 40.5% of it.
1,040,617
Claims, 2024
201,517
Patients, 2024
5.16
Fills per patient
+0.1%
Since 2013
Massachusetts over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Massachusetts prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lorazepam | 421,339 | 40.5% |
| Clonazepam | 322,860 | 31% |
| Alprazolam | 190,835 | 18.3% |
| Diazepam | 81,876 | 7.9% |
| Temazepam | 15,049 | 1.4% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Massachusetts
1,003 psychiatric prescribers in Massachusetts appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohmmad MunirPsychiatry | Dedham | 4,210 | 61 | -98.6% |
| Alex AltamiranoPsychiatry | Holyoke | 657 | 13 | -98% |
| Lyudmila RakitaPsychiatry | Brockton | 1,108 | 39 | -96.5% |
| Irene ColetsosPsychiatry | Worcester | 487 | 17 | -96.5% |
| Victor SoriaPsychiatry | Chelsea | 545 | 23 | -95.8% |
| Natalie LenderPsychiatry | Watertown | 263 | 11 | -95.8% |
| Sean MarkerPsychiatry | Dorchester Center | 271 | 13 | -95.2% |
| Richard MarcusPsychiatry | Pembroke | 431 | 22 | -94.9% |
| Karen AbdoolPsychiatry | Lynn | 212 | 12 | -94.3% |
| Timothy BreitholtzPsychiatry | Hyannis | 1,283 | 77 | -94% |
| Lee BulginPsychiatry | Boston | 330 | 23 | -93% |
| John EllisPsychiatry | Methuen | 171 | 12 | -93% |
| Elizabeth AlfsonPsychiatry | Tewksbury | 313 | 24 | -92.3% |
| Christopher GordonPsychiatry | Framingham | 159 | 13 | -91.8% |
| Oluranti AdepojuPsychiatry | Boston | 760 | 63 | -91.7% |
| Patrick SmallwoodPsychiatry | Worcester | 312 | 26 | -91.7% |
| Raymond ColellaPsychiatry | Braintree | 1,268 | 107 | -91.6% |
| Parnika SaxenaPsychiatry | Brockton | 232 | 20 | -91.4% |
| James McguirePsychiatry | Falmouth | 354 | 32 | -91% |
| Jennifer GreenwoldPsychiatry | Cambridge | 233 | 21 | -91% |
| Miles CunninghamPsychiatry | Belmont | 146 | 14 | -90.4% |
| Rafael GraciaPsychiatry | Taunton | 173 | 17 | -90.2% |
| Serge BotsarisPsychiatry | Worcester | 127 | 13 | -89.8% |
| Wendy QiuPsychiatry | Boston | 117 | 13 | -88.9% |
| Mark VironPsychiatry | Framingham | 341 | 41 | -88% |
| Elissa KleinmanPsychiatry | Cambridge | 144 | 18 | -87.5% |
| Richard ReinerPsychiatry | Quincy | 627 | 80 | -87.2% |
| Laura WarrenPsychiatry | Cambridge | 99 | 13 | -86.9% |
| Louis VelazquezPsychiatry | Northampton | 1,795 | 268 | -85.1% |
| Sarah LangenfeldPsychiatry | Worcester | 559 | 88 | -84.3% |
| Edgardo AngelesPsychiatry | Middleboro | 580 | 93 | -84% |
| Gyula BokorPsychiatry | Taunton | 85 | 14 | -83.5% |
| Stephanie DavidoffPsychiatry | Wellesley | 184 | 31 | -83.2% |
| Kimberly WhitePsychiatry | Needham | 88 | 15 | -83% |
| Harvey MazerPsychiatry | Cambridge | 81 | 14 | -82.7% |
| Scott GoetzPsychiatry | Dorchester Center | 275 | 48 | -82.5% |
| Laura WieczorekPsychiatry | Norwood | 102 | 18 | -82.4% |
| Michael HanauPsychiatry | Boston | 469 | 83 | -82.3% |
| Peter GherardiPsychiatry | Taunton | 403 | 74 | -81.6% |
| George SigelPsychiatry | South Boston | 546 | 104 | -81% |
| Ileana BermanPsychiatry | Taunton | 2,722 | 519 | -80.9% |
| Jeffrey WeilburgPsychiatry | Newton | 223 | 43 | -80.7% |
| Timothy WilensPsychiatry | Boston | 62 | 12 | -80.6% |
| Anne BauerPsychiatry | Palmer | 77 | 15 | -80.5% |
| Jenevieve TreiserPsychiatry | Boston | 96 | 19 | -80.2% |
| Margarita EydelmanPsychiatry | Boston | 724 | 145 | -80% |
| John Martin-JoyPsychiatry | Tewksbury | 65 | 13 | -80% |
| Leonard LaiPsychiatry | Boston | 60 | 12 | -80% |
| Jose SaportaPsychiatry | Newton Highlands | 60 | 12 | -80% |
| Arthur PapasPsychiatry | Weston | 60 | 12 | -80% |
| Sangeeta BanerjeePsychiatry | Stoneham | 222 | 45 | -79.7% |
| Susan KattlovePsychiatry | Cambridge | 56 | 12 | -78.6% |
| Alexandra AccardiPsychiatry | Quincy | 1,431 | 315 | -78% |
| Gouri DattaPsychiatry | Burlington | 1,005 | 222 | -77.9% |
| Valerie SharpePsychiatry | Springfield | 395 | 88 | -77.7% |
| Russell VasilePsychiatry | Boston | 251 | 56 | -77.7% |
| Jane DreskinPsychiatry | Chelsea | 378 | 86 | -77.2% |
| Oriana Vesga-LopezPsychiatry | Boston | 134 | 31 | -76.9% |
| Elena NikolskaiaPsychiatry & Neurology | Brockton | 47 | 11 | -76.6% |
| David GrelottiPsychiatry | Belmont | 55 | 13 | -76.4% |
| Kristina SchnitzerPsychiatry | Boston | 59 | 14 | -76.3% |
| Dominic MaxwellPsychiatry | Vineyard Haven | 192 | 46 | -76% |
| Lani NicholsonPsychiatry | Quincy | 358 | 89 | -75.1% |
| Eugene UzogaraPsychiatry | Boston | 1,034 | 258 | -75% |
| Robert PattersonPsychiatry | Lexington | 51 | 13 | -74.5% |
| Edith PepperPsychiatry | Norwood | 240 | 63 | -73.8% |
| Arkadiy StolyarPsychiatry | Belmont | 48 | 13 | -72.9% |
| Shreya RajPsychiatry | Boston | 48 | 13 | -72.9% |
| Kathryn TompkinsPsychiatry | Boston | 57 | 16 | -71.9% |
| Steven AusterPsychiatry | Wellesley | 57 | 16 | -71.9% |
| Beth MurphyPsychiatry | Belmont | 60 | 17 | -71.7% |
| Michael KahnPsychiatry | Boston | 369 | 106 | -71.3% |
| Laura VogelPsychiatry & Neurology | Amherst | 113 | 33 | -70.8% |
| Aaron HauptmanPsychiatry | Boston | 47 | 14 | -70.2% |
| Steven FischelPsychiatry | Springfield | 60 | 18 | -70% |
| Theo ManschreckPsychiatry | Lexington | 287 | 87 | -69.7% |
| Peter CohenPsychiatry & Neurology | Arlington | 48 | 15 | -68.8% |
| Qiang ZengPsychiatry | Burlington | 35 | 11 | -68.6% |
| Gregory AcamporaPsychiatry | Boston | 659 | 213 | -67.7% |
| Maxwell MayerPsychiatry | Boston | 108 | 35 | -67.6% |
| Jordan SmollerPsychiatry | Boston | 40 | 13 | -67.5% |
| Julia CromwellPsychiatry | Boston | 40 | 13 | -67.5% |
| Joanna Piechniczek-BuczekPsychiatry | Boston | 444 | 145 | -67.3% |
| Ujala FawadPsychiatry | Walpole | 358 | 117 | -67.3% |
| Joseph AcraPsychiatry | Chelsea | 113 | 37 | -67.3% |
| Anthony GotayPsychiatry | Brockton | 213 | 71 | -66.7% |
| Mary BarkalowPsychiatry | West Springfield | 323 | 110 | -65.9% |
| Sherman FoxPsychiatry | Danvers | 258 | 88 | -65.9% |
| Nora Schwartz-MartinPsychiatry | Amherst | 304 | 104 | -65.8% |
| Andrew PopperPsychiatry & Neurology | Brookline | 32 | 11 | -65.6% |
| Gary GoldsmithPsychiatry & Neurology | Brookline | 69 | 24 | -65.2% |
| David FlynnPsychiatry | Stockbridge | 46 | 16 | -65.2% |
| Carl SalzmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Boston | 85 | 30 | -64.7% |
| Amos ZeidmanPsychiatry | Framingham | 141 | 50 | -64.5% |
| Jonathan WorthPsychiatry | Boston | 146 | 52 | -64.4% |
| Roger BoshesPsychiatry | Fall River | 546 | 196 | -64.1% |
| Laura PragerPsychiatry | Boston | 35 | 13 | -62.9% |
| Leonard MarcusPsychiatry | Randolph | 96 | 36 | -62.5% |
| Monte KaufmanPsychiatry | Winchester | 55 | 21 | -61.8% |
| Hannah LarsenPsychiatry | Lynn | 203 | 78 | -61.6% |
| Ali MoshiriPsychiatry | Chicopee | 1,181 | 455 | -61.5% |
| Roderick AnscombePsychiatry | Gloucester | 239 | 92 | -61.5% |
| Lilya NaimanPsychiatry | Brookline | 128 | 50 | -60.9% |
| Lawrence LitmanPsychiatry | Boston | 715 | 280 | -60.8% |
| William PirlPsychiatry | Brookline | 48 | 19 | -60.4% |
| Susan WestonPsychiatry | Gt Barrington | 161 | 64 | -60.2% |
| Eric DessainNeuropsychiatry | Lincoln | 118 | 47 | -60.2% |
| Kenneth LevinPsychiatry & Neurology | Brookline | 42 | 17 | -59.5% |
| Sarah GraffPsychiatry & Neurology | Montague | 27 | 11 | -59.3% |
| Kent HessePsychiatry | Hadley | 887 | 365 | -58.9% |
| Sylvia KrinskyPsychiatry | Boston | 29 | 12 | -58.6% |
| Kelly IrwinPsychiatry | Boston | 77 | 32 | -58.4% |
| Jose Augusto HidalgoPsychiatry & Neurology | Watertown | 50 | 21 | -58% |
| Leah RichlerPsychiatry | Leominster | 707 | 303 | -57.1% |
| Susan ReubenPsychiatry | Chicopee | 570 | 245 | -57% |
| Marc KramerPsychiatry | Brighton | 107 | 46 | -57% |
| Robert KarrPsychiatry | Tewksbury | 659 | 284 | -56.9% |
| David LeimanPsychiatry | Brockton | 116 | 50 | -56.9% |
| Jonathan SchwartzPsychiatry | New Bedford | 419 | 181 | -56.8% |
| Lee AltmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Stoughton | 372 | 163 | -56.2% |
| Chantal NouvellonPsychiatry | Arlington | 58 | 26 | -55.2% |
| Pierre MayerPsychiatry | Lawrence | 312 | 141 | -54.8% |
| Todd GriswoldPsychiatry | Somerville | 178 | 81 | -54.5% |
| David SpigglePsychiatry | Concord | 194 | 89 | -54.1% |
| Masood AslamPsychiatry | Taunton | 260 | 120 | -53.8% |
| Devon HintonPsychiatry | Lowell | 835 | 387 | -53.7% |
| Marcela Horvitz-LennonPsychiatry | Somerville | 166 | 77 | -53.6% |
| John DenningerPsychiatry | Boston | 58 | 27 | -53.4% |
| Ipsit VahiaPsychiatry | Belmont | 183 | 87 | -52.5% |
| Rama Krishna YarasaniPsychiatry | Palmer | 80 | 38 | -52.5% |
| Elizabeth DonlonPsychiatry | Pittsfield | 83 | 40 | -51.8% |
| Lynn GrushPsychiatry | Newton Center | 33 | 16 | -51.5% |
| Jyotsna MhatrePsychiatry | Worcester | 385 | 188 | -51.2% |
| Shirin AliPsychiatry & Neurology | Boston | 43 | 21 | -51.2% |
| Robert BetcherPsychiatry | Needham | 51 | 25 | -51% |
| Robert Benjamin DienerPsychiatry | Bridgewater | 171 | 85 | -50.3% |
| Lawrence AlbertPsychiatry | Belmont | 253 | 126 | -50.2% |
| Richard CookPsychiatry & Neurology | Jamaica Plain | 122 | 61 | -50% |
| Elana RudavskyPsychiatry | Worcester | 132 | 67 | -49.2% |
| Feyza MaroufPsychiatry | Boston | 98 | 50 | -49% |
| Kathryn RapperportPsychiatry | Lexington | 43 | 22 | -48.8% |
| Tae Woo ParkPsychiatry | Boston | 198 | 102 | -48.5% |
| Philip SimkowitzPsychiatry | Tewksbury | 64 | 33 | -48.4% |
| David MacmillanPsychiatry & Neurology | Jamaica Plain | 60 | 31 | -48.3% |
| Madeline AlbertPsychiatry | Cambridge | 282 | 146 | -48.2% |
| Daniele BickPsychiatry | Natick | 25 | 13 | -48% |
| Kenneth TerkelsenPsychiatry & Neurology | Mashpee | 557 | 290 | -47.9% |
| Christine AmisPsychiatry | Yarmouth Port | 125 | 66 | -47.2% |
| Eugene CacciolaPsychiatry | Brookline | 36 | 19 | -47.2% |
| Steven LockePsychiatry | Wayland | 34 | 18 | -47.1% |
| Jeffrey FriedmanPsychiatry | Cambridge | 32 | 17 | -46.9% |
| Fiona MudgePsychiatry | Randolph | 295 | 159 | -46.1% |
| Alison FifePsychiatry & Neurology | Boston | 44 | 24 | -45.5% |
| Theodore WasikPsychiatry & Neurology | Somerville | 22 | 12 | -45.5% |
| Irina BaranskayaPsychiatry | Brighton | 267 | 146 | -45.3% |
| Ross PetersonPsychiatry | Carlisle | 69 | 38 | -44.9% |
| Sandra FelderPsychiatry | Upton | 1,731 | 955 | -44.8% |
| Andrew AldridgePsychiatry | Medford | 548 | 303 | -44.7% |
| Sten LofgrenPsychiatry | Concord | 150 | 83 | -44.7% |
| Gyorgy BodrogPsychiatry | New Bedford | 290 | 161 | -44.5% |
| Eileen ReillyPsychiatry | Boston | 59 | 33 | -44.1% |
| Kavya SingareddyPsychiatry | Salem | 386 | 217 | -43.8% |
| Ronald WinfieldPsychiatry | North Chelmsford | 224 | 126 | -43.8% |
| Hicham NouaimePsychiatry | Hyannis | 201 | 114 | -43.3% |
| Robert BerkowitzPsychiatry | Natick | 180 | 102 | -43.3% |
| Jason StraussGeriatric Psychiatry | Everett | 233 | 134 | -42.5% |
| Ruta NonacsPsychiatry | Boston | 80 | 46 | -42.5% |
| Anthony ErdmannPsychiatry & Neurology | Lynn | 899 | 523 | -41.8% |
| Kamel GherbiPsychiatry | Jamaica Plain | 307 | 180 | -41.4% |
| Edith GeringerPsychiatry & Neurology | Boston | 51 | 30 | -41.2% |
| Paul PlaskyPsychiatry | Worcester | 355 | 209 | -41.1% |
| Stuart AnfangPsychiatry | Springfield | 195 | 115 | -41% |
| Eviline MelekaPsychiatry & Neurology | Taunton | 39 | 23 | -41% |
| Andrea SeekPsychiatry | Burlington | 448 | 265 | -40.8% |
| Margaret TuttlePsychiatry | Worcester | 96 | 57 | -40.6% |
| Ernst ManigatPsychiatry | Cambridge | 1,061 | 631 | -40.5% |
| Rangsun SitthichaiPsychiatry | Worcester | 219 | 131 | -40.2% |
| Paul YinPsychiatry | Boston | 25 | 15 | -40% |
| Daniel FisherPsychiatry & Neurology | Cambridge | 20 | 12 | -40% |
| Daniel MollodPsychiatry | Brookline | 20 | 12 | -40% |
| Ping CuiPsychiatry | Haverhill | 556 | 334 | -39.9% |
| Cuneyt IscanPsychiatry | Westborough | 183 | 110 | -39.9% |
| Peter MuslinerPsychiatry | Acton | 175 | 106 | -39.4% |
| Lucinda Di DomenicoPsychiatry | Newton Centre | 33 | 20 | -39.4% |
| Hartej SandhuPsychiatry | Newton | 214 | 130 | -39.3% |
| Sachin PhansalkarPsychiatry & Neurology | Taunton | 61 | 37 | -39.3% |
| Rebecca RamseyPsychiatry & Neurology | Lexington | 28 | 17 | -39.3% |
| Felipe JainPsychiatry | Boston | 23 | 14 | -39.1% |
| Claudio DembPsychiatry | Cambridge | 319 | 195 | -38.9% |
| Elizabeth Langmore-AvilaPsychiatry | Holyoke | 275 | 168 | -38.9% |
| Katherine KohPsychiatry | Boston | 72 | 44 | -38.9% |
| Miriam GoodmanPsychiatry | Waltham | 796 | 490 | -38.4% |
| Shunda McgaheePsychiatry | Boston | 276 | 170 | -38.4% |
| Killian O'ConnellPsychiatry | Amherst | 919 | 571 | -37.9% |
| Mark EldaiefPsychiatry | Boston | 72 | 45 | -37.5% |
| Daniel EbertPsychiatry | Boston | 24 | 15 | -37.5% |
| Bruce GoldbergPsychiatry | Danvers | 941 | 591 | -37.2% |
| Zelda VidelefskyPsychiatry | Brighton | 319 | 201 | -37% |
| Janet SobierajPsychiatry | Brookline | 27 | 17 | -37% |
| Anthony VagnucciPsychiatry | Tewksbury | 162 | 103 | -36.4% |
| Robert JohnstonPsychiatry | Framingham | 429 | 274 | -36.1% |
| Michael LavarnwayPsychiatry | Lowell | 580 | 373 | -35.7% |
| Rebecca LundquistPsychiatry | Worcester | 28 | 18 | -35.7% |
| Kerry BloomingdalePsychiatry | West Springfield | 111 | 72 | -35.1% |
| Bernardino VaccaroPsychiatry | Boston | 140 | 91 | -35% |
| Charu PatelPsychiatry | Taunton | 802 | 522 | -34.9% |
| Betty HerrPsychiatry | Brighton | 79 | 52 | -34.2% |
| Rebecca CohenPsychiatry & Neurology | Newton | 179 | 118 | -34.1% |
| Manjola UjkajPsychiatry | Waltham | 62 | 41 | -33.9% |
| Andrew BottPsychiatry | Quincy | 39 | 26 | -33.3% |
| Aileen LorenzoPsychiatry | Cambridge | 18 | 12 | -33.3% |
| Charles LeonardPsychiatry | Stoughton | 368 | 247 | -32.9% |
| Bennett GaevPsychiatry | Longmeadow | 549 | 369 | -32.8% |
| Motria HukPsychiatry & Neurology | Norwood | 58 | 39 | -32.8% |
| Richard ListerudPsychiatry | Worcester | 1,477 | 997 | -32.5% |
| Gaston BasletPsychiatry | Boston | 139 | 94 | -32.4% |
| Mark GoldblattPsychiatry | Cambridge | 47 | 32 | -31.9% |
| Stephen DubinPsychiatry | Quincy | 98 | 67 | -31.6% |
| Dean SolomonPsychiatry | Randolph | 195 | 134 | -31.3% |
| Nathan PraschanPsychiatry & Neurology | Boston | 32 | 22 | -31.2% |
| David HendersonPsychiatry | Boston | 74 | 51 | -31.1% |
| Claude CurranPsychiatry | Fall River | 12,664 | 8,809 | -30.4% |
| Sajid ChoudhryPsychiatry | South Attleboro | 428 | 298 | -30.4% |
| Anthony RaynesPsychiatry | Brookline | 125 | 87 | -30.4% |
| Mahdi RazafshaPsychiatry | Boston | 132 | 92 | -30.3% |
| Jean BoydPsychiatry | Raynham | 183 | 128 | -30.1% |
| Liang YuanPsychiatry | Newton | 90 | 63 | -30% |
| Donald SmithPsychiatry & Neurology | Northampton | 57 | 40 | -29.8% |
| Joseph ShrandPsychiatry | Brockton | 470 | 332 | -29.4% |
| Victoria WolfsonPsychiatry | Dorchester Center | 191 | 136 | -28.8% |
| Michelle DavidsPsychiatry | Boston | 325 | 232 | -28.6% |
| Debra RosenblumPsychiatry | Cambridge | 63 | 45 | -28.6% |
| Sherri MelloPsychiatry & Neurology | Belmont | 21 | 15 | -28.6% |
| Timberly HumbertPsychiatry | Boston | 267 | 191 | -28.5% |
| Gregory BrodskyPsychiatry | Brighton | 974 | 698 | -28.3% |
| Emanuel ChrisPsychiatry | Walpole | 558 | 401 | -28.1% |
| Gabriela VelceaPsychiatry | Taunton | 209 | 151 | -27.8% |
| James ChuPsychiatry | Belmont | 36 | 26 | -27.8% |
| Mathieu BerminghamNeuropsychiatry | Millis | 18 | 13 | -27.8% |
| Karen HenleyPsychiatry | Boston | 189 | 137 | -27.5% |
| Edward RabePsychiatry | Boston | 583 | 423 | -27.4% |
| Mark HauserNeuropsychiatry | Newton | 1,022 | 747 | -26.9% |
| Stephen Jay SeinerPsychiatry | Belmont | 15 | 11 | -26.7% |
| Leslie FishbeinPsychiatry | Pittsfield | 279 | 205 | -26.5% |
| Susan GeistPsychiatry & Neurology | Waban | 19 | 14 | -26.3% |
| Astrid DesrosiersPsychiatry | Cambridge | 403 | 298 | -26.1% |
| Jing PatrinostroPsychiatry & Neurology | Hyannis | 181 | 134 | -26% |
| Joseph AfonsoPsychiatry | Fall River | 197 | 146 | -25.9% |
| German CrisostomoPsychiatry | Everett | 1,271 | 949 | -25.3% |
| David MischoulonPsychiatry | Boston | 87 | 65 | -25.3% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 1,003 prescribers in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts?
It rose 0.1% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a slower fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Massachusetts recorded 1,040,617 benzodiazepine claims across 201,517 patients.
How does Massachusetts compare to other states?
Massachusetts ranks 9 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 5.16 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 43 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Massachusetts?
Lorazepam, at 421,339 claims — 40.5% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (31%) and Alprazolam (18.3%).
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.