Benzodiazepine Prescribing in New York
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in New York rose 15.1% between 2013 and 2024 — a slower fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 1,786,935 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 401,664 patients, an average of 4.45 fills per patient per year, which ranks 37 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 36.4% of it.
1,786,935
Claims, 2024
401,664
Patients, 2024
4.45
Fills per patient
+15.1%
Since 2013
New York over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines New York prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 649,661 | 36.4% |
| Clonazepam | 546,239 | 30.6% |
| Lorazepam | 368,899 | 20.6% |
| Diazepam | 178,869 | 10% |
| Temazepam | 34,028 | 1.9% |
Psychiatric prescribers in New York
2,569 psychiatric prescribers in New York appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 279 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faisal ChaudhryPsychiatry & Neurology | Brooklyn | 792 | 12 | -98.5% |
| Meliza SharmaPsychiatry | Garnerville | 745 | 15 | -98% |
| Michael StonePsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 522 | 14 | -97.3% |
| Omayra OrtizGeriatric Psychiatry | New York | 369 | 11 | -97% |
| Michael GodzalaPsychiatry | Tonawanda | 308 | 11 | -96.4% |
| Luz AlvarezPsychiatry | Garden City | 1,024 | 43 | -95.8% |
| Maryam RakhmatullinaPsychiatry | Nyack | 327 | 14 | -95.7% |
| Ronald SchenendorfPsychiatry | Port Washington | 302 | 13 | -95.7% |
| Kalaiselvi RajendranPsychiatry | Niagara Falls | 1,666 | 79 | -95.3% |
| Reena JaiswalPsychiatry | Smithtown | 217 | 11 | -94.9% |
| Andrew ChanPsychiatry | New York | 4,341 | 227 | -94.8% |
| Michelle KaplanPsychiatry | Valhalla | 327 | 17 | -94.8% |
| Guerman ErmolenkoPsychiatry | Guilderland | 227 | 12 | -94.7% |
| Sallie HadleyPsychiatry | New York | 469 | 26 | -94.5% |
| Matthew MajeskePsychiatry | New York | 220 | 12 | -94.5% |
| Frantz LubinPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 722 | 41 | -94.3% |
| Maurice SteinbergPsychiatry | New Hyde Park | 198 | 12 | -93.9% |
| Cheryl CottrolPsychiatry | New York | 178 | 12 | -93.3% |
| Miguel HernandezPsychiatry | New York | 298 | 21 | -93% |
| Adam KaufmanPsychiatry | New York | 364 | 26 | -92.9% |
| Urszula KopecPsychiatry | Glen Oaks | 224 | 16 | -92.9% |
| Robert StinePsychiatry | Nyack | 164 | 12 | -92.7% |
| Maria Saiz QuintanaPsychiatry | Bronx | 1,233 | 91 | -92.6% |
| Nalin SinhaPsychiatry | New Hartford | 450 | 34 | -92.4% |
| Yuriy KheyfitsPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 302 | 24 | -92.1% |
| Biswarup GhoshPsychiatry | Buffalo | 162 | 13 | -92% |
| Sampath NeerukondaPsychiatry | Hornell | 1,367 | 123 | -91% |
| Deowchand DepooPsychiatry & Neurology | Brooklyn | 126 | 12 | -90.5% |
| Alfred SorrentinoPsychiatry | Pomona | 175 | 18 | -89.7% |
| Stephen GeislerPsychiatry | New York | 435 | 46 | -89.4% |
| Susanne ChoePsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 104 | 11 | -89.4% |
| Ronald KaitzPsychiatry & Neurology | Hartsdale | 341 | 38 | -88.9% |
| Nancy TalaveraPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 96 | 11 | -88.5% |
| M IsmailPsychiatry | Rochester | 171 | 20 | -88.3% |
| Steven NewmanPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 581 | 69 | -88.1% |
| Sharon HirdPsychiatry | New York | 118 | 14 | -88.1% |
| Hasina HaroonPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 113 | 14 | -87.6% |
| James SpikesPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 103 | 13 | -87.4% |
| Ronald BrennerPsychiatry | Rockville Centre | 373 | 49 | -86.9% |
| Annabel FuPsychiatry | Rochester | 237 | 31 | -86.9% |
| Ellen TaborPsychiatry | New York | 89 | 12 | -86.5% |
| Carmela FridmanPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 93 | 13 | -86% |
| Roopa ChallapalliPsychiatry | Rochester | 408 | 58 | -85.8% |
| Gladys SimonPsychiatry & Neurology | Briarwood | 98 | 14 | -85.7% |
| Annemarie MikowskiPsychiatry | Buffalo | 146 | 21 | -85.6% |
| Ram RapoportPsychiatry & Neurology | Rochester | 76 | 11 | -85.5% |
| Madhu AhluwaliaPsychiatry | Pomona | 184 | 27 | -85.3% |
| Mohammed HashmiPsychiatry & Neurology | Staten Island | 295 | 44 | -85.1% |
| Roxana Ruizcaro-ChavezPsychiatry & Neurology | Jamaica | 333 | 50 | -85% |
| Icelini Garcia-SosaPsychiatry & Neurology | Long Island City | 319 | 48 | -85% |
| Jake RosenbergPsychiatry | New York | 79 | 12 | -84.8% |
| Stephen GlassbergPsychiatry | New York | 79 | 12 | -84.8% |
| Richard Eric PlotkinPsychiatry | Hudson | 419 | 64 | -84.7% |
| Eric RubinPsychiatry | New York | 130 | 20 | -84.6% |
| Eric WeitznerPsychiatry | New York | 70 | 11 | -84.3% |
| Alexander TsynmanPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 170 | 27 | -84.1% |
| Santapuri RaoPsychiatry | Staten Island | 781 | 127 | -83.7% |
| Jeffrey HamblinPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 613 | 100 | -83.7% |
| Kamran RahmaniPsychiatry | New York | 208 | 34 | -83.7% |
| George BurnettPsychiatry & Neurology | Buffalo | 104 | 17 | -83.7% |
| Louis TeitelbaumPsychiatry | Garden City | 292 | 48 | -83.6% |
| Tiffany ChristianPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 97 | 16 | -83.5% |
| Alan KayePsychiatry | Valhalla | 87 | 15 | -82.8% |
| Cesar FloritaPsychiatry | Oceanside | 126 | 22 | -82.5% |
| Edward RendonPsychiatry | Staten Island | 91 | 16 | -82.4% |
| Leonardo VandoPsychiatry | New York | 961 | 171 | -82.2% |
| Helen MacgregorPsychiatry | Syracuse | 106 | 19 | -82.1% |
| John ErhartPsychiatry | Rochester | 346 | 64 | -81.5% |
| Ronald HellmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Brooklyn | 326 | 63 | -80.7% |
| Anna CostakisPsychiatry | Glen Oaks | 83 | 16 | -80.7% |
| Kent RobertshawPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 57 | 11 | -80.7% |
| Hla TunPsychiatry | Forest Hills | 232 | 45 | -80.6% |
| Sal SarmientoPsychiatry | Brentwood | 537 | 105 | -80.4% |
| Mayumi Okuda BenavidesPsychiatry | New York | 71 | 14 | -80.3% |
| Ana GlickPsychiatry | Scarsdale | 61 | 12 | -80.3% |
| Nighat SindhuPsychiatry | Staten Island | 165 | 33 | -80% |
| Amyr HashmiPsychiatry & Neurology | West Brentwood | 75 | 15 | -80% |
| Raghu MitraPsychiatry | Huntington | 248 | 50 | -79.8% |
| Howard KirschenPsychiatry | Jericho | 640 | 132 | -79.4% |
| Kristel CarringtonPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 53 | 11 | -79.2% |
| Jessica DanielsPsychiatry | New York | 213 | 45 | -78.9% |
| Ronald TheseeGeriatric Psychiatry | Rome | 629 | 135 | -78.5% |
| Azra MansoorPsychiatry | Bronx | 64 | 14 | -78.1% |
| Ron GoldmanPsychiatry & Neurology | Kingston | 59 | 13 | -78% |
| Mews RousseauPsychiatry | Rockville Centre | 231 | 51 | -77.9% |
| Yvanka PachasPsychiatry | New York | 468 | 105 | -77.6% |
| Jeffrey KashinPsychiatry | Orchard Park | 161 | 36 | -77.6% |
| Glenn LosackPsychiatry | New York | 66 | 15 | -77.3% |
| Joy ClarkPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 48 | 11 | -77.1% |
| Charles MenzelPsychiatry & Neurology | Queensbury | 52 | 12 | -76.9% |
| Zahida NayeemPsychiatry | Bronx | 113 | 27 | -76.1% |
| George KrusePsychiatry | Bronx | 403 | 97 | -75.9% |
| Katherine DentPsychiatry | New York | 108 | 26 | -75.9% |
| Eileen EhrenbergNeuropsychiatry | Albany | 82 | 20 | -75.6% |
| Bharat LangerPsychiatry & Neurology | Schenectady | 45 | 11 | -75.6% |
| Howard GreenPsychiatry | Great Neck | 599 | 147 | -75.5% |
| John WangPsychiatry | Yonkers | 188 | 46 | -75.5% |
| Ruth LubelskiPsychiatry & Neurology | White Plains | 53 | 13 | -75.5% |
| Faiza KhanPsychiatry & Neurology | Bethpage | 49 | 12 | -75.5% |
| Esther LangerPsychiatry | Mount Vernon | 48 | 12 | -75% |
| Stewart SchwartzPsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 113 | 29 | -74.3% |
| Ignacio MedinaPsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 111 | 29 | -73.9% |
| Anna HolmgrenPsychiatry & Neurology | Elmhurst | 46 | 12 | -73.9% |
| Aneil ShirkePsychiatry | New York | 199 | 53 | -73.4% |
| Maurice MarkewichPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 101 | 27 | -73.3% |
| Seethalakshmi RamanathanPsychiatry & Neurology | Syracuse | 41 | 11 | -73.2% |
| Ruben PortnoyPsychiatry | New York | 115 | 31 | -73% |
| Robert Saint-VilPsychiatry | Glen Oaks | 48 | 13 | -72.9% |
| Shakil ZubairPsychiatry & Neurology | West Brentwood | 106 | 29 | -72.6% |
| Jessica HebrankPsychiatry | Kingston | 102 | 28 | -72.5% |
| Deepika RamchandaniPsychiatry | New Hyde Park | 220 | 61 | -72.3% |
| Nida KhanPsychiatry | Staten Island | 144 | 40 | -72.2% |
| Gordon StraussPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 43 | 12 | -72.1% |
| Lev KucherPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 57 | 16 | -71.9% |
| Robert HertzPsychiatry | Albany | 210 | 60 | -71.4% |
| Eric CollinsPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 42 | 12 | -71.4% |
| Jay FootePsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 83 | 24 | -71.1% |
| Karthik SivashankerPsychiatry | New York | 48 | 14 | -70.8% |
| Asra AkberPsychiatry | Amityville | 41 | 12 | -70.7% |
| Roberto EstradaPsychiatry | New York | 95 | 28 | -70.5% |
| Joseph VoigtPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 44 | 13 | -70.5% |
| Adelia SazonovPsychiatry | Williamsville | 40 | 12 | -70% |
| John PanzonePsychiatry | Bronx | 46 | 14 | -69.6% |
| Linda BellamaPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 190 | 58 | -69.5% |
| Edward MajorPsychiatry | Binghamton | 82 | 25 | -69.5% |
| Kuljit SinghPsychiatry & Neurology | West Nyack | 36 | 11 | -69.4% |
| Jenny MirabalPsychiatry & Neurology | Elmhurst | 199 | 61 | -69.3% |
| Martha AlzamoraPsychiatry | Baldwin | 61 | 19 | -68.9% |
| Madhu PadiPsychiatry | Latham | 246 | 77 | -68.7% |
| Vineeth JohnPsychiatry | Rochester | 258 | 81 | -68.6% |
| Olga AbduakhadovPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 51 | 16 | -68.6% |
| Joel KestenbaumPsychiatry & Neurology | Brooklyn | 35 | 11 | -68.6% |
| Michelle AlstromPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 143 | 46 | -67.8% |
| Catalina NinoPsychiatry | Elmhurst | 118 | 38 | -67.8% |
| Donald JohannessenNeuropsychiatry | New York | 62 | 20 | -67.7% |
| Aileen ParkPsychiatry | Bronx | 34 | 11 | -67.6% |
| Frederick HesseAddiction Medicine | Carmel | 52 | 17 | -67.3% |
| Nina JacobsNeuropsychiatry | Katonah | 49 | 16 | -67.3% |
| Rae InsalacoPsychiatry | Rochester | 155 | 51 | -67.1% |
| Mohammadmehdi OmidvariPsychiatry & Neurology | Brooklyn | 136 | 45 | -66.9% |
| Mark DibuonoPsychiatry | Staten Island | 790 | 262 | -66.8% |
| Peeyush MittalPsychiatry | Schenectady | 219 | 73 | -66.7% |
| Neil ZolkindPsychiatry | Tarrytown | 135 | 45 | -66.7% |
| Sabish BalanPsychiatry | New York | 108 | 36 | -66.7% |
| Angelina DecastroPsychiatry & Neurology | Staten Island | 57 | 19 | -66.7% |
| Daniel GoodmanPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 36 | 12 | -66.7% |
| Karl SchroederPsychiatry & Neurology | Suffern | 33 | 11 | -66.7% |
| Nirmala ReddyPsychiatry | Yonkers | 83 | 28 | -66.3% |
| Stephen AndreskiPsychiatry | Albany | 227 | 77 | -66.1% |
| Richard MalenPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 53 | 18 | -66% |
| Joseph PetronePsychiatry | New York | 47 | 16 | -66% |
| Malgorzata WitekPsychiatry | New York | 93 | 32 | -65.6% |
| Thresiamma NidhiryPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 275 | 95 | -65.5% |
| Richard MccarthyPsychiatry | White Plains | 52 | 18 | -65.4% |
| Yahya MoadelPsychiatry | Rockville Centre | 375 | 130 | -65.3% |
| Kavita VasuPsychiatry | Elmhurst | 95 | 33 | -65.3% |
| Roger BrunswickPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 75 | 26 | -65.3% |
| Marta Nawrocka-PartykaPsychiatry | Woodside | 74 | 26 | -64.9% |
| Anwarul KarimPsychiatry | Syracuse | 68 | 24 | -64.7% |
| Nagaraj JajoorPsychiatry | Amsterdam | 294 | 104 | -64.6% |
| Atinuke Ogunlade-AddamsPsychiatry | Elmira | 141 | 50 | -64.5% |
| Seeth VivekPsychiatry | Jamaica | 395 | 141 | -64.3% |
| Amarjit KaurPsychiatry | Staten Island | 229 | 82 | -64.2% |
| Mahendra AirenPsychiatry | Glen Oaks | 335 | 121 | -63.9% |
| Joshua SteinPsychiatry | New York | 33 | 12 | -63.6% |
| Steven RossPsychiatry | Glen Oaks | 163 | 60 | -63.2% |
| Nevena RadonjicPsychiatry | Syracuse | 68 | 25 | -63.2% |
| Michelle RottensteinNeuropsychiatry | New York | 38 | 14 | -63.2% |
| Valeriy ChernovPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 857 | 316 | -63.1% |
| Jianping ChenPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 517 | 191 | -63.1% |
| Elizabeth HorwitzPsychiatry | New York | 46 | 17 | -63% |
| Jonathan ZachPsychiatry | Patterson | 552 | 205 | -62.9% |
| Meera BalasubramaniamPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 43 | 16 | -62.8% |
| Mohammad SaeedPsychiatry | Buffalo | 83 | 31 | -62.7% |
| Marie SurprisNeuropsychiatry | Nesconset | 75 | 28 | -62.7% |
| Alexander ShermanPsychiatry & Neurology | Rockville Centre | 32 | 12 | -62.5% |
| Jihyuk HanPsychiatry | Poughkeepsie | 32 | 12 | -62.5% |
| Jon LevensonPsychiatry | New York | 32 | 12 | -62.5% |
| Todd RankinPsychiatry | New York | 178 | 67 | -62.4% |
| Victoria KorthPsychiatry | Rochester | 90 | 34 | -62.2% |
| Nivea CalicoPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 29 | 11 | -62.1% |
| Anthony LujackPsychiatry | New York | 29 | 11 | -62.1% |
| Laurence DopkinPsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 100 | 38 | -62% |
| Wali MohammadPsychiatry | Bronx | 1,065 | 406 | -61.9% |
| Saeed-Uz KhanPsychiatry | Waverly | 336 | 128 | -61.9% |
| Roger LevinePsychiatry | Syracuse | 377 | 144 | -61.8% |
| Piotr OlkowskiPsychiatry | Schenectady | 267 | 102 | -61.8% |
| Eduardo BondocPsychiatry | Bronx | 145 | 56 | -61.4% |
| Elizabeth Van OssPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 85 | 33 | -61.2% |
| Thomas SchwartzPsychiatry | Syracuse | 36 | 14 | -61.1% |
| Julius LaguerrePsychiatry | Poughkeepsie | 420 | 165 | -60.7% |
| Chunying XuPsychiatry | Elmira | 56 | 22 | -60.7% |
| Cristina ProfumoPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 28 | 11 | -60.7% |
| Alla NirenbergPsychiatry | Elmsford | 450 | 178 | -60.4% |
| Elon SchwartzPsychiatry | Croton | 164 | 65 | -60.4% |
| Daniel UwahPsychiatry | New Hartford | 48 | 19 | -60.4% |
| Israr AbbasiPsychiatry | Lakewood | 369 | 147 | -60.2% |
| Nasri GhalyPsychiatry | Syracuse | 1,505 | 604 | -59.9% |
| Jack NassPsychiatry | West Babylon | 256 | 103 | -59.8% |
| Blair SkolnickPsychiatry | Manhasset | 239 | 96 | -59.8% |
| David FreyPsychiatry | Syracuse | 171 | 69 | -59.6% |
| Sarah NelsonPsychiatry & Neurology | Marcy | 114 | 46 | -59.6% |
| Barney VaughanPsychiatry | New York | 343 | 139 | -59.5% |
| Egbert TanPsychiatry | Scarsdale | 1,821 | 739 | -59.4% |
| Patrick GibbonsPsychiatry | Rochester | 64 | 26 | -59.4% |
| Shilpika VarmaPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 32 | 13 | -59.4% |
| Shelley SellingerPsychiatry & Neurology | Woodstock | 86 | 35 | -59.3% |
| Catherine Daniels-BradyPsychiatry | Tarrytown | 49 | 20 | -59.2% |
| Sidiki DaboPsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 44 | 18 | -59.1% |
| Alexander IvanovPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 1,565 | 651 | -58.4% |
| Sobia MirzaPsychiatry | Binghamton | 175 | 73 | -58.3% |
| Ramaswamy ViswanathanPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 36 | 15 | -58.3% |
| Jelena VeselinovicPsychiatry & Neurology | Yonkers | 210 | 88 | -58.1% |
| Kara MccunnPsychiatry & Neurology | Cheektowaga | 38 | 16 | -57.9% |
| Hector GoaPsychiatry | New York | 45 | 19 | -57.8% |
| Eugene BeckerPsychiatry | Great Neck | 26 | 11 | -57.7% |
| Felix SterlingPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 347 | 147 | -57.6% |
| Hyacinth WilliamsonPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 92 | 39 | -57.6% |
| Joshua MorraPsychiatry | Buffalo | 33 | 14 | -57.6% |
| Olanrewaju SomorinPsychiatry | Monroe | 183 | 78 | -57.4% |
| Thomas D'AmatoPsychiatry | Staten Islan | 1,026 | 439 | -57.2% |
| Maurice HabermanPsychiatry | Pomona | 259 | 111 | -57.1% |
| Scott MarderPsychiatry | Scarsdale | 175 | 75 | -57.1% |
| Mark VaralloPsychiatry | Lockport | 163 | 70 | -57.1% |
| Shagufta PayaPsychiatry | Jamaica | 28 | 12 | -57.1% |
| Holly MuttonPsychiatry | Buffalo | 60 | 26 | -56.7% |
| Jing WangPsychiatry | Brooklyn | 129 | 56 | -56.6% |
| Rittika BanerjeePsychiatry | New York | 106 | 46 | -56.6% |
| Heidi VanbellinghamPsychiatry | Schenectady | 334 | 147 | -56% |
| Katherine BradshawPsychiatry | New York | 318 | 141 | -55.7% |
| Christine TintorerPsychiatry | New York | 54 | 24 | -55.6% |
| Leighton BrooksPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 29 | 13 | -55.2% |
| Jose SeligsonPsychiatry | Great Neck | 459 | 206 | -55.1% |
| Christopher JohannetPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 49 | 22 | -55.1% |
| Daniel GollinPsychiatry | New York | 31 | 14 | -54.8% |
| Ramasubba TatiniPsychiatry | Ogdensburg | 139 | 63 | -54.7% |
| Robert WillisPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 108 | 49 | -54.6% |
| Karin FriederwitzerNeuropsychiatry | New York | 143 | 65 | -54.5% |
| Hinna ShahPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 77 | 35 | -54.5% |
| Manjummelkudiyil KuruvillaPsychiatry | Bay Shore | 221 | 101 | -54.3% |
| Angela CalhounPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 35 | 16 | -54.3% |
| Teresita RuizPsychiatry | Jamaica | 153 | 70 | -54.2% |
| Lalitakala SundarPsychiatry & Neurology | Bronx | 83 | 38 | -54.2% |
| Bruce RosenPsychiatry | Smithtown | 588 | 270 | -54.1% |
| Jonathan BrodiePsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 50 | 23 | -54% |
| Sarala ReddyPsychiatry | Huntington | 379 | 175 | -53.8% |
| Joanne AholaPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 26 | 12 | -53.8% |
| Gerard AddonizioPsychiatry | White Plains | 26 | 12 | -53.8% |
| Shabnam Shakibaie SmithPsychiatry & Neurology | New York | 30 | 14 | -53.3% |
| Joseph CarmodyPsychiatry | New York | 213 | 100 | -53.1% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 2,569 prescribers in New York.
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 New York
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 New York?
It rose 15.1% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a slower fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, New York recorded 1,786,935 benzodiazepine claims across 401,664 patients.
How does New York compare to other states?
New York ranks 37 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.45 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 51 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in New York?
Alprazolam, at 649,661 claims — 36.4% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (30.6%) and Lorazepam (20.6%).
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.