Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Michigan
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Michigan fell 25.6% between 2013 and 2024 — a steeper fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 1,110,988 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 249,694 patients, an average of 4.45 fills per patient per year, which ranks 36 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 42.6% of it.
1,110,988
Claims, 2024
249,694
Patients, 2024
4.45
Fills per patient
-25.6%
Since 2013
Michigan over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Michigan prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 473,820 | 42.6% |
| Clonazepam | 235,311 | 21.2% |
| Lorazepam | 230,007 | 20.7% |
| Diazepam | 120,407 | 10.8% |
| Temazepam | 41,957 | 3.8% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Michigan
687 psychiatric prescribers in Michigan appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bens SandairePsychiatry | Detroit | 2,790 | 45 | -98.4% |
| Tariq FaridiPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 757 | 16 | -97.9% |
| Sunil KoneruPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 657 | 20 | -97% |
| David FranzblauPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 815 | 28 | -96.6% |
| Barry SiegelPsychiatry | Rochester Hills | 800 | 29 | -96.4% |
| Huma AzizPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 727 | 31 | -95.7% |
| Ron SamarianPsychiatry | Bingham Farms | 478 | 21 | -95.6% |
| Mauli VermaPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 274 | 12 | -95.6% |
| Lisa SpurlockPsychiatry | Ferndale | 238 | 11 | -95.4% |
| Himaja GummadiPsychiatry | Westland | 238 | 12 | -95% |
| Oris NewmanPsychiatry | Saline | 610 | 32 | -94.8% |
| Aruna BavineniGeriatric Psychiatry | Westland | 447 | 25 | -94.4% |
| James AillsPsychiatry | Flint | 1,143 | 87 | -92.4% |
| Tariq AbbasiPsychiatry | Southfield | 233 | 18 | -92.3% |
| Hanif KhanPsychiatry | Canton | 162 | 14 | -91.4% |
| Douglas ArendsPsychiatry | Royal Oak | 143 | 13 | -90.9% |
| Ellen RotblattPsychiatry | Westland | 1,508 | 154 | -89.8% |
| Theethaye IttiaraPsychiatry | Adrian | 1,092 | 112 | -89.7% |
| Prasad SripadaPsychiatry | Redford | 674 | 74 | -89% |
| Lakshmi GarlapatiPsychiatry | Detroit | 646 | 71 | -89% |
| David PiconePsychiatry | Lansing | 559 | 71 | -87.3% |
| Joshua NnanjiPsychiatry | Mason | 704 | 90 | -87.2% |
| Ernest PoortingaPsychiatry | Saline | 150 | 20 | -86.7% |
| K MathewPsychiatry | Flint | 850 | 121 | -85.8% |
| Alexander ParkerPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 789 | 113 | -85.7% |
| Jennifer VinchPsychiatry | Clinton Township | 86 | 13 | -84.9% |
| Mufid Al-NajjarPsychiatry | Birmingham | 73 | 11 | -84.9% |
| Aurora AndrewsPsychiatry | Allegan | 1,574 | 247 | -84.3% |
| Ravi KirbatPsychiatry | Jackson | 407 | 70 | -82.8% |
| Ancuta MateiPsychiatry | Detroit | 113 | 20 | -82.3% |
| Dhanashree MaheshPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 285 | 54 | -81.1% |
| Harun RashidPsychiatry | Caro | 212 | 40 | -81.1% |
| Lindsay DykemaPsychiatry | Detroit | 116 | 22 | -81% |
| Tyanne DoshPsychiatry | Marquette | 178 | 35 | -80.3% |
| Faye ZuhairyPsychiatry | Detroit | 145 | 29 | -80% |
| Hany MekhaelPsychiatry | Rochester Hills | 63 | 13 | -79.4% |
| Stephanie BurrowsPsychiatry | Wakefield | 603 | 125 | -79.3% |
| Mohammad JafferanyPsychiatry | Saginaw | 634 | 132 | -79.2% |
| Ahmadul HasanPsychiatry | Westland | 110 | 23 | -79.1% |
| Michael EngelPsychiatry | Traverse City | 447 | 97 | -78.3% |
| Timothy ToddPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 142 | 31 | -78.2% |
| Daniel CotePsychiatry | Marquette | 546 | 123 | -77.5% |
| Sajjad SarwarPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 619 | 147 | -76.3% |
| Anish DesaiPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 213 | 51 | -76.1% |
| Someswara NavuluriPsychiatry | Detroit | 245 | 60 | -75.5% |
| Ronald MelvinPsychiatry | Lansing | 315 | 83 | -73.7% |
| David LyonPsychiatry | Stanton | 318 | 90 | -71.7% |
| Briana LesterPsychiatry | Alma | 45 | 13 | -71.1% |
| Robert LacostePsychiatry | Warren | 38 | 11 | -71.1% |
| James VanharenPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 264 | 77 | -70.8% |
| Xavier WhitePsychiatry | Detroit | 1,418 | 425 | -70% |
| Aries SternPsychiatry & Neurology | Kalamazoo | 161 | 49 | -69.6% |
| Neelam VermaPsychiatry | Grosse Pointe Shores | 257 | 81 | -68.5% |
| Robert LafleurPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 367 | 118 | -67.8% |
| Vijaya RameshPsychiatry | Dearborn | 2,339 | 805 | -65.6% |
| Monika AroraPsychiatry | Alpena | 58 | 20 | -65.5% |
| Charles GossPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 197 | 69 | -65% |
| Anjana BhranyPsychiatry | Flint | 704 | 256 | -63.6% |
| Sylvia HansonPsychiatry | Battle Creek | 286 | 104 | -63.6% |
| Andreas SidiropoulosPsychiatry | Detroit | 74 | 27 | -63.5% |
| Lawrence SchlossPsychiatry & Neurology | Saline | 108 | 40 | -63% |
| Raul GuerreroPsychiatry | Grosse Pointe Farms | 155 | 58 | -62.6% |
| Niaz MohammadPsychiatry | Portage | 665 | 253 | -62% |
| Kaushik RavalPsychiatry | Saginaw | 514 | 198 | -61.5% |
| Alan RosenbaumPsychiatry & Neurology | Farmington Hills | 449 | 176 | -60.8% |
| Muktiraj MehtaPsychiatry | Cassopolis | 547 | 217 | -60.3% |
| Kyle SmithPsychiatry | Troy | 2,489 | 994 | -60.1% |
| Elliot WagenheimNeuropsychiatry | Birmingham | 40 | 16 | -60% |
| Curtis LongsPsychiatry | Detroit | 40 | 16 | -60% |
| Tehmina ShakirPsychiatry | Detroit | 107 | 43 | -59.8% |
| Carol RoeklePsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 82 | 34 | -58.5% |
| Toby HazanPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 675 | 281 | -58.4% |
| Sarah ZyskowskiPsychiatry | East Lansing | 252 | 106 | -57.9% |
| Lisa CoramPsychiatry | West Bloomfield | 57 | 24 | -57.9% |
| Russel BrubakerPsychiatry | Muskegon | 482 | 207 | -57.1% |
| Elizabeth SchnurPsychiatry | Clinton Twp | 58 | 25 | -56.9% |
| Ratnakar PaiPsychiatry | Detroit | 270 | 117 | -56.7% |
| William GuyPsychiatry | Southfield | 253 | 110 | -56.5% |
| Yarlagadda PrasadPsychiatry | Bloomfield Hills | 928 | 407 | -56.1% |
| Alireza AmirsadriPsychiatry | Detroit | 330 | 149 | -54.8% |
| Anthony EllisPsychiatry | Saginaw | 715 | 328 | -54.1% |
| Heminder SinghGeriatric Psychiatry | Taylor | 282 | 130 | -53.9% |
| Ali IbrahimPsychiatry | Saginaw | 819 | 379 | -53.7% |
| Richard TroschPsychiatry | Southfield | 218 | 101 | -53.7% |
| Suhail SheikhPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 43 | 20 | -53.5% |
| Lori KatzmanPsychiatry | Charlevoix | 218 | 102 | -53.2% |
| Jainullabdin SyedPsychiatry | Bay City | 1,329 | 626 | -52.9% |
| Michael IngramPsychiatry | Bay City | 398 | 190 | -52.3% |
| Violetta Kaminska-GaleckaPsychiatry | Jackson | 219 | 105 | -52.1% |
| Louis NykampPsychiatry | Zeeland | 54 | 26 | -51.9% |
| Thomas BrozovichPsychiatry | Port Huron | 1,105 | 540 | -51.1% |
| Iyantta HowellPsychiatry | Detroit | 144 | 71 | -50.7% |
| Lynne LyonsPsychiatry | West Bloomfield | 591 | 292 | -50.6% |
| Jaswant PurohitPsychiatry | Detroit | 498 | 248 | -50.2% |
| Joel YoungPsychiatry | Rochester Hills | 205 | 102 | -50.2% |
| Rajaprabhakaran RajarethinamPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 24 | 12 | -50% |
| John BakerPsychiatry | Lansing | 370 | 188 | -49.2% |
| Mohammad SaeedPsychiatry | Port Huron | 351 | 179 | -49% |
| Lynn MillerPsychiatry | Marquette | 98 | 50 | -49% |
| Jeanette NiemistoPsychiatry | Canton | 114 | 60 | -47.4% |
| Neal FellowsPsychiatry | Traverse City | 769 | 405 | -47.3% |
| Tae ParkPsychiatry | Westland | 956 | 519 | -45.7% |
| Jeffrey PawlowskiPsychiatry | Novi | 178 | 97 | -45.5% |
| Gary KoloffPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 108 | 59 | -45.4% |
| Kai AndersonPsychiatry | Saginaw | 311 | 170 | -45.3% |
| Vijayalakshmi LingamPsychiatry | Detroit | 20 | 11 | -45% |
| Barb BeebePsychiatry | Warren | 365 | 202 | -44.7% |
| Alberto Rivera GutierrezPsychiatry | Holland | 312 | 174 | -44.2% |
| Leonard RosenPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 177 | 99 | -44.1% |
| Michael MichelakisPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 252 | 141 | -44% |
| Alexander SackeyfioPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 240 | 135 | -43.8% |
| Basivi BaddigamPsychiatry | Clinton Twp | 295 | 168 | -43.1% |
| Jillian LankfordPsychiatry | Holland | 390 | 223 | -42.8% |
| Thomas KuhnPsychiatry | Holland | 503 | 291 | -42.1% |
| Halima Al-QawasmiPsychiatry & Neurology | Detroit | 38 | 22 | -42.1% |
| Henry WoodworthPsychiatry & Neurology | Northville | 38 | 22 | -42.1% |
| Justin LiegmannPsychiatry | Grand Blanc | 148 | 86 | -41.9% |
| Jesse GuascoPsychiatry | East Lansing | 105 | 61 | -41.9% |
| Sung-Ran ChoPsychiatry | Southfield | 177 | 103 | -41.8% |
| Eleanor KulisPsychiatry | Warren | 432 | 252 | -41.7% |
| Rownak HasanPsychiatry | Westland | 122 | 72 | -41% |
| Cynthia SpencerPsychiatry | Lansing | 225 | 133 | -40.9% |
| Gerald WinderPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 22 | 13 | -40.9% |
| Sonni ElliottPsychiatry | Lincoln Park | 42 | 25 | -40.5% |
| Scott MonteithPsychiatry | Traverse City | 322 | 192 | -40.4% |
| Steven FeldmanPsychiatry | Birmingham | 178 | 106 | -40.4% |
| William McallisterPsychiatry | Pontiac | 946 | 566 | -40.2% |
| Sarah RiehlPsychiatry & Neurology | Farmington Hills | 35 | 21 | -40% |
| Edward RobertsPsychiatry | Detroit | 25 | 15 | -40% |
| Abdallah ZamariaPsychiatry | St Clair Shores | 228 | 139 | -39% |
| Chaz JohnsonPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 450 | 275 | -38.9% |
| Natalie LaresPsychiatry & Neurology | Bloomfield Hills | 26 | 16 | -38.5% |
| Sharon Dodd KimmeyPsychiatry | Saline | 351 | 219 | -37.6% |
| Babu VadlamudiPsychiatry | Detroit | 186 | 116 | -37.6% |
| Keon ChangPsychiatry | Westland | 820 | 513 | -37.4% |
| Peter WilkinsonPsychiatry | Traverse City | 22 | 14 | -36.4% |
| Nagy KheirPsychiatry | Detroit | 234 | 149 | -36.3% |
| Cheryl MazzaraPsychiatry | Saint Clair Shores | 323 | 207 | -35.9% |
| Raghu VeeramasuneniPsychiatry | Saint Joseph | 350 | 225 | -35.7% |
| Gary FaulstichPsychiatry & Neurology | Eastpointe | 62 | 40 | -35.5% |
| Eugene RubinPsychiatry & Neurology | Bingham Farms | 254 | 164 | -35.4% |
| Richard BalonPsychiatry | Detroit | 91 | 59 | -35.2% |
| Anoop ThakurPsychiatry | Marshall | 829 | 538 | -35.1% |
| Usha SudindranathPsychiatry | Dearborn | 1,203 | 793 | -34.1% |
| Nadeem MirzaPsychiatry | Paw Paw | 58 | 39 | -32.8% |
| Robert PiccininiPsychiatry | Sterling Heights | 1,007 | 678 | -32.7% |
| Kim HornPsychiatry | Monroe | 301 | 204 | -32.2% |
| James AdamoPsychiatry | Grosse Pointe Farms | 664 | 453 | -31.8% |
| Rajendra KannegantiPsychiatry & Neurology | Detroit | 19 | 13 | -31.6% |
| Nitin RajhansPsychiatry | Detroit | 442 | 303 | -31.4% |
| George MellosPsychiatry | Northville | 99 | 68 | -31.3% |
| Maureen NoblePsychiatry | Adrian | 350 | 242 | -30.9% |
| Paula ColomboPsychiatry | Traverse City | 422 | 292 | -30.8% |
| Roderick SmithNeuropsychiatry | Flint | 156 | 108 | -30.8% |
| Bobga FomunungPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 197 | 137 | -30.5% |
| Neil TalonPsychiatry | Bingham Farms | 195 | 136 | -30.3% |
| Ravinder MedirattaPsychiatry | Portage | 1,529 | 1,067 | -30.2% |
| Lawrence ProbesPsychiatry | Traverse City | 225 | 157 | -30.2% |
| Usha MovvaPsychiatry | Caro | 730 | 510 | -30.1% |
| Matthew DavisPsychiatry | St. Joseph | 462 | 323 | -30.1% |
| Arlene RomanPsychiatry | East Lansing | 237 | 166 | -30% |
| Birgit AmannPsychiatry | Troy | 743 | 522 | -29.7% |
| Lopa RanaPsychiatry | Royal Oak | 411 | 293 | -28.7% |
| Leon QuinnPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 95 | 68 | -28.4% |
| Purna SurapaneniPsychiatry | Grand Blanc | 385 | 277 | -28.1% |
| Humera AtharPsychiatry | Livonia | 250 | 180 | -28% |
| Peter SmithPsychiatry | Warren | 695 | 501 | -27.9% |
| Surendra KelwalaPsychiatry | Livonia | 1,039 | 755 | -27.3% |
| Sunil RangwaniPsychiatry | Alma | 220 | 160 | -27.3% |
| Bal GuptaPsychiatry | Warren | 491 | 359 | -26.9% |
| Corina LazarPsychiatry | Rochester Hills | 277 | 203 | -26.7% |
| Philip FoxPsychiatry | Kentwood | 365 | 268 | -26.6% |
| Srinivasa KodaliPsychiatry | Livonia | 471 | 347 | -26.3% |
| Gregory MahrPsychiatry | Ferndale | 154 | 114 | -26% |
| Isabel NorianPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 384 | 285 | -25.8% |
| Curtis CumminsPsychiatry | Traverse City | 348 | 260 | -25.3% |
| Michael ThebertPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 1,440 | 1,080 | -25% |
| James BartunekPsychiatry | Rochester Hills | 392 | 298 | -24% |
| Rachel PlumPsychiatry | Traverse City | 504 | 385 | -23.6% |
| Junaid GhadaiPsychiatry | Lincoln Park | 1,433 | 1,097 | -23.4% |
| Edgard PedrazaPsychiatry | Westland | 520 | 399 | -23.3% |
| Sally SzymanskiPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 757 | 581 | -23.2% |
| Madhu MendirattaPsychiatry | Southfield | 589 | 455 | -22.8% |
| Nigar YousufPsychiatry | Farmington Hills | 27 | 21 | -22.2% |
| Ashar KhanPsychiatry | Monroe | 1,179 | 918 | -22.1% |
| Julie SherPsychiatry | Sterling Heights | 586 | 459 | -21.7% |
| Hon ChanPsychiatry | Taylor | 1,084 | 851 | -21.5% |
| Craig FuellingPsychiatry & Neurology | Plymouth | 64 | 51 | -20.3% |
| Jennifer JenksNeuropsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 55 | 44 | -20% |
| Luven Marie TejeroPsychiatry | Adrian | 309 | 248 | -19.7% |
| Cassius DeflonPsychiatry | Bingham Farms | 102 | 82 | -19.6% |
| Kameswara TatineniPsychiatry | Battle Creek | 1,239 | 998 | -19.5% |
| Nilanjan GajarePsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 1,614 | 1,303 | -19.3% |
| Jae KimPsychiatry | Flint | 660 | 533 | -19.2% |
| Simran ChawaPsychiatry | Dearborn | 326 | 264 | -19% |
| Nalini AgarwalPsychiatry | Southgate | 377 | 307 | -18.6% |
| Denise GrahamPsychiatry | Clinton Township | 141 | 115 | -18.4% |
| Sam AjluniPsychiatry | Royal Oak | 579 | 474 | -18.1% |
| Karen JosephPsychiatry | Brownstown Twp | 365 | 299 | -18.1% |
| Hassan AlmaatPsychiatry | Jackson | 122 | 100 | -18% |
| Michelle ShaugerPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 249 | 205 | -17.7% |
| Ahmad ZubairiPsychiatry & Neurology | Jackson | 102 | 84 | -17.6% |
| Phillipa ZylanoffPsychiatry | Marlette | 46 | 38 | -17.4% |
| Robert ZoltowskiPsychiatry | Plymouth | 470 | 389 | -17.2% |
| Robert BurnsteinPsychiatry | Sterling Heights | 916 | 760 | -17% |
| Gary RichPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 605 | 504 | -16.7% |
| Haresh MehtaPsychiatry | Roseville | 1,749 | 1,461 | -16.5% |
| Antonio NucumPsychiatry | Sterling Heights | 1,716 | 1,434 | -16.4% |
| Paul GuttermanPsychiatry | Monroe | 780 | 654 | -16.2% |
| Katie YangPsychiatry | Kalamazoo | 240 | 201 | -16.2% |
| Sudhir LingnurkarPsychiatry | Warren | 3,065 | 2,571 | -16.1% |
| Igor ParisPsychiatry | West Bloomfield | 1,237 | 1,040 | -15.9% |
| Sarah MohiuddinPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 13 | 11 | -15.4% |
| Janet HeasleyPsychiatry | Ortonville | 691 | 587 | -15.1% |
| Marina BogdanovicPsychiatry | Midland | 278 | 236 | -15.1% |
| Kehinde AyeniPsychiatry | Detroit | 287 | 248 | -13.6% |
| William MartinPsychiatry | Detroit | 45 | 39 | -13.3% |
| Carol Crouch-RossPsychiatry | Livonia | 393 | 341 | -13.2% |
| Mukesh LathiaPsychiatry | Bay City | 1,022 | 891 | -12.8% |
| Brian KrausePsychiatry | Carson City | 187 | 163 | -12.8% |
| Nadimpalli RajuPsychiatry | Detroit | 553 | 486 | -12.1% |
| Kelley MaharPsychiatry | Marquette | 58 | 51 | -12.1% |
| Ghulam QadirPsychiatry | Dearborn | 1,247 | 1,099 | -11.9% |
| Hiten PatelPsychiatry | Bingham Farms | 650 | 575 | -11.5% |
| Gilbert LaddPsychiatry | Troy | 447 | 396 | -11.4% |
| Leslee EmersonGeriatric Psychiatry | Livonia | 360 | 320 | -11.1% |
| Michael WattsPsychiatry | Detroit | 156 | 139 | -10.9% |
| Barbara Diaz HernandezPsychiatry | Hastings | 46 | 41 | -10.9% |
| Susan MaixnerPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 143 | 129 | -9.8% |
| Kathrine MobissonPsychiatry | Roseville | 261 | 236 | -9.6% |
| Robert PohlPsychiatry | Royal Oak | 848 | 775 | -8.6% |
| John MitchellPsychiatry | Port Huron | 1,140 | 1,043 | -8.5% |
| Jonathan MorrowPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 12 | 11 | -8.3% |
| Tiwalola KolawolePsychiatry | Detroit | 49 | 45 | -8.2% |
| Jahandar SaifollahiPsychiatry | Grand Rapids | 728 | 669 | -8.1% |
| Michael ColmanPsychiatry | Bloomfield Hills | 76 | 70 | -7.9% |
| Denise HandelsmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Brighton | 78 | 72 | -7.7% |
| James SwainPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 13 | 12 | -7.7% |
| Edward RodriguezPsychiatry | Jackson | 105 | 97 | -7.6% |
| Sean PrystashPsychiatry | Detroit | 393 | 364 | -7.4% |
| David LujanPsychiatry & Neurology | St Clair Shores | 212 | 197 | -7.1% |
| Jolyn WagnerPsychiatry & Neurology | Birmingham | 14 | 13 | -7.1% |
| Shahid JamilPsychiatry | Pontiac | 524 | 488 | -6.9% |
| Thomas HerbstPsychiatry | Ann Arbor | 164 | 153 | -6.7% |
| Gary RalphPsychiatry | Mt Pleasant | 130 | 122 | -6.2% |
| Sue HuffstutterPsychiatry | Ludington | 65 | 61 | -6.2% |
| Lila MassoumiPsychiatry & Neurology | Bingham Farms | 32 | 30 | -6.2% |
| Orlena Merritt-DavisPsychiatry | Clinton Township | 270 | 254 | -5.9% |
| Welton WashingtonPsychiatry | Ypsilanti | 326 | 307 | -5.8% |
| Philip GillyAddiction Medicine | West Bloomfield | 70 | 66 | -5.7% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 687 prescribers in Michigan.
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 Michigan
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 Michigan?
It fell 25.6% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a steeper fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Michigan recorded 1,110,988 benzodiazepine claims across 249,694 patients.
How does Michigan compare to other states?
Michigan ranks 36 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.45 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 10 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Michigan?
Alprazolam, at 473,820 claims — 42.6% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (21.2%) and Lorazepam (20.7%).
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.