Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Texas
Medicare Part D, 2013–2024.
Benzodiazepine prescribing in Texas fell 13.8% between 2013 and 2024 — a steeper fall than the country as a whole. In 2024 the state recorded 1,920,091 Medicare Part D benzodiazepine claims across 427,612 patients, an average of 4.49 fills per patient per year, which ranks 33 of 51 states. Alprazolam accounts for 40.1% of it.
1,920,091
Claims, 2024
427,612
Patients, 2024
4.49
Fills per patient
-13.8%
Since 2013
Texas over twelve years
Which benzodiazepines Texas prescribes
| Drug | Claims 2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alprazolam | 769,036 | 40.1% |
| Clonazepam | 485,408 | 25.3% |
| Lorazepam | 339,718 | 17.7% |
| Temazepam | 154,437 | 8% |
| Diazepam | 154,024 | 8% |
Psychiatric prescribers in Texas
1,223 psychiatric prescribers in Texas appear in the 2024 Medicare Part D data with benzodiazepine claims. 178 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun PatelPsychiatry & Neurology | Lubbock | 799 | 12 | -98.5% |
| Jason BoleyPsychiatry | College Station | 745 | 11 | -98.5% |
| David JohnsonPsychiatry | San Antonio | 1,964 | 48 | -97.6% |
| Nilesh TannuPsychiatry | Houston | 432 | 14 | -96.8% |
| Yahaira EspadaPsychiatry | Brownsville | 314 | 13 | -95.9% |
| Julia FernandezPsychiatry | Hamilton | 681 | 30 | -95.6% |
| Mustafa HussainPsychiatry | Amarillo | 1,430 | 65 | -95.5% |
| Larry FlowersPsychiatry | Houston | 1,551 | 72 | -95.4% |
| Rajen DesaiPsychiatry | Beaumont | 1,549 | 73 | -95.3% |
| Arthur RamirezPsychiatry | El Paso | 642 | 32 | -95% |
| Shiva MansourkhaniPsychiatry | El Paso | 261 | 14 | -94.6% |
| Irina Digilova, M.D.Psychiatry | Pearland | 253 | 15 | -94.1% |
| Myriam ThielePsychiatry | The Woodlands | 201 | 12 | -94% |
| Gurjeet KalraPsychiatry | Greenville | 492 | 31 | -93.7% |
| Thomas FletcherPsychiatry | Galveston | 253 | 16 | -93.7% |
| Sanjay AdhiaPsychiatry | Houston | 1,255 | 84 | -93.3% |
| Mahesh DavePsychiatry | Bryan | 514 | 37 | -92.8% |
| Jason BaronPsychiatry | Houston | 197 | 16 | -91.9% |
| Christine JoyPsychiatry | San Antonio | 223 | 21 | -90.6% |
| Sumera SalamatPsychiatry | Houston | 248 | 24 | -90.3% |
| Sheila SasietaNeuropsychiatry | The Woodlands | 131 | 13 | -90.1% |
| Brenda TalleyPsychiatry | San Antonio | 298 | 32 | -89.3% |
| Sree PalchuruPsychiatry | Mckinney | 121 | 13 | -89.3% |
| Bernard GerberPsychiatry | Bellaire | 386 | 42 | -89.1% |
| David BrownPsychiatry | Austin | 416 | 49 | -88.2% |
| Bharath RajPsychiatry | Kingwood | 364 | 43 | -88.2% |
| Leroy ArenivarPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 402 | 51 | -87.3% |
| Anis RashidPsychiatry | Houston | 239 | 31 | -87% |
| Carlin BarnesNeuropsychiatry | Houston | 192 | 25 | -87% |
| Mary SoderstromPsychiatry | Columbus | 120 | 16 | -86.7% |
| John SadlerPsychiatry | Dallas | 178 | 24 | -86.5% |
| Damien LarkinsPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 80 | 11 | -86.2% |
| Kishore SunkaraPsychiatry | Fort Worth | 86 | 12 | -86% |
| Ryan SmithPsychiatry | Corpus Christi | 1,251 | 184 | -85.3% |
| Rachel SherhartPsychiatry | Temple | 319 | 47 | -85.3% |
| Sarah AnsbroPsychiatry | San Antonio | 211 | 31 | -85.3% |
| Joao De QuevedoPsychiatry | Houston | 174 | 26 | -85.1% |
| Paul LeePsychiatry | Greenville | 199 | 30 | -84.9% |
| Zaw WinPsychiatry | Round Rock | 1,276 | 205 | -83.9% |
| Mehboob NazaraniPsychiatry | Houston | 696 | 113 | -83.8% |
| Qingmin RuanPsychiatry | Houston | 123 | 20 | -83.7% |
| Shawna DeevesPsychiatry & Neurology | San Antonio | 304 | 51 | -83.2% |
| Paul MeierPsychiatry & Neurology | Richardson | 95 | 16 | -83.2% |
| Jordan RomeroPsychiatry | Houston | 106 | 18 | -83% |
| Duane MillerPsychiatry | Abilene | 1,104 | 198 | -82.1% |
| Gregory CreagerPsychiatry | Brenham | 200 | 36 | -82% |
| Kenneth MatthewsNeuropsychiatry | San Antonio | 105 | 19 | -81.9% |
| Frank FlocaPsychiatry | Austin | 435 | 79 | -81.8% |
| Gregory VarhelyPsychiatry | Georgetown | 75 | 14 | -81.3% |
| Marija DjokovicPsychiatry | Fort Worth | 254 | 48 | -81.1% |
| Olayinka AyeniPsychiatry | Spring | 74 | 14 | -81.1% |
| Safa RubayePsychiatry & Neurology | San Antonio | 193 | 37 | -80.8% |
| Angel Rodriguez-ChevresPsychiatry | El Paso | 396 | 77 | -80.6% |
| Michael AndersonPsychiatry | Wichita Falls | 311 | 63 | -79.7% |
| Michael PipkinPsychiatry | Houston | 225 | 47 | -79.1% |
| Kristen GrablePsychiatry | Dallas | 294 | 62 | -78.9% |
| Robert KalterPsychiatry | San Antonio | 755 | 165 | -78.1% |
| Murthy MangipudiPsychiatry | Corpus Christi | 1,131 | 255 | -77.5% |
| John HsiehPsychiatry | Houston | 71 | 16 | -77.5% |
| Chandrakant PatelPsychiatry | Fort Worth | 655 | 150 | -77.1% |
| James HaroldPsychiatry | Longview | 502 | 116 | -76.9% |
| Rekha PolePsychiatry | Plano | 236 | 55 | -76.7% |
| Joshua WarrenPsychiatry | Waco | 619 | 145 | -76.6% |
| Haroon SiddiquePsychiatry | Decatur | 718 | 176 | -75.5% |
| Deana PrescottPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 114 | 28 | -75.4% |
| Rukshan AzharPsychiatry | Baytown | 145 | 36 | -75.2% |
| Ajinder DhattPsychiatry | Houston | 580 | 147 | -74.7% |
| Carlos HernandezPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 78 | 20 | -74.4% |
| Oscar PerezPsychiatry | El Paso | 85 | 22 | -74.1% |
| Yahya SaeedPsychiatry | Rosenberg | 130 | 34 | -73.8% |
| Zishan SamiuddinPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 126 | 33 | -73.8% |
| Aditya SharmaPsychiatry | Dallas | 173 | 46 | -73.4% |
| Eduardo Chavez RuizPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 269 | 72 | -73.2% |
| Christopher TicknorPsychiatry & Neurology | San Antonio | 294 | 79 | -73.1% |
| Oladele AdebogunPsychiatry | Flower Mound | 535 | 145 | -72.9% |
| John CainPsychiatry | Dallas | 360 | 99 | -72.5% |
| Ikechukwu OfomataPsychiatry | Dallas | 68 | 19 | -72.1% |
| Ruben MendezPsychiatry | Houston | 1,267 | 357 | -71.8% |
| David LarnedPsychiatry | Lufkin | 265 | 75 | -71.7% |
| Inna KoganPsychiatry | Dallas | 105 | 30 | -71.4% |
| Reena AndrewsPsychiatry | Houston | 63 | 18 | -71.4% |
| Ramana SuryaPsychiatry | Katy | 500 | 144 | -71.2% |
| Ramil BaratangPsychiatry | Mexia | 125 | 36 | -71.2% |
| David O 'ConnorPsychiatry | Round Rock | 38 | 11 | -71.1% |
| Ignacio ValdesPsychiatry | Houston | 1,580 | 461 | -70.8% |
| Stephen BarksdalePsychiatry | Arlington | 325 | 95 | -70.8% |
| Shana JosephsPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 41 | 12 | -70.7% |
| Vernon JohnsonPsychiatry | Sherman | 1,261 | 372 | -70.5% |
| Manju GoyalPsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 146 | 43 | -70.5% |
| Norma ClarkeNeuropsychiatry | Houston | 44 | 13 | -70.5% |
| Louis FabrePsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 233 | 69 | -70.4% |
| Samuel LuskPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 179 | 53 | -70.4% |
| Shaojie HanPsychiatry | Sugar Land | 466 | 144 | -69.1% |
| Alan SwannPsychiatry | Houston | 119 | 37 | -68.9% |
| Shailesh JainPsychiatry | Odessa | 181 | 57 | -68.5% |
| David TylerNeuropsychiatry | Dallas | 178 | 57 | -68% |
| Deepak DavidsonPsychiatry | Round Rock | 43 | 14 | -67.4% |
| Frank ChenPsychiatry | Houston | 637 | 209 | -67.2% |
| Thomas GorePsychiatry | Lubbock | 158 | 52 | -67.1% |
| Umar LatifPsychiatry | Cross Roads | 113 | 38 | -66.4% |
| John LusinsPsychiatry | Corpus Christi | 244 | 83 | -66% |
| Lindy BankesPsychiatry | San Angelo | 150 | 51 | -66% |
| Edwin JohnstonePsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 53 | 18 | -66% |
| Germaine HawkinsPsychiatry | Arlington | 387 | 133 | -65.6% |
| Bushra AzizPsychiatry | Dallas | 467 | 162 | -65.3% |
| Renu ThaparPsychiatry | Houston | 457 | 159 | -65.2% |
| Ifeoma ArenePsychiatry | Houston | 542 | 189 | -65.1% |
| Dennis RaymondPsychiatry | Dallas | 48 | 17 | -64.6% |
| Timothy FurlongPsychiatry | Athens | 1,182 | 425 | -64% |
| Kimberly JamesPsychiatry | New Braunfels | 457 | 165 | -63.9% |
| Raees AhmedPsychiatry | Sugar Land | 776 | 281 | -63.8% |
| Dana ButlerPsychiatry | Lubbock | 658 | 238 | -63.8% |
| Susan MeixnerPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 44 | 16 | -63.6% |
| .Jerry IgnatiusGeriatric Psychiatry | Houston | 148 | 54 | -63.5% |
| Constance GeorgePsychiatry | Austin | 115 | 42 | -63.5% |
| Shazia BasitPsychiatry | Dallas | 30 | 11 | -63.3% |
| Deepika BhargavaPsychiatry | Sherman | 291 | 107 | -63.2% |
| Peter LyNeuropsychiatry | Houston | 153 | 57 | -62.7% |
| Suzanne GuynesPsychiatry | Weatherford | 456 | 171 | -62.5% |
| Mazhar KhowajaPsychiatry | Houston | 149 | 56 | -62.4% |
| Kristin KassawPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 122 | 46 | -62.3% |
| Krishnaiah RayasamPsychiatry | Corpus Christi | 1,165 | 444 | -61.9% |
| Nidal MoukaddamPsychiatry | Houston | 39 | 15 | -61.5% |
| Casey CotonPsychiatry | Temple | 80 | 31 | -61.3% |
| Sabahat FaheemPsychiatry | Bedford | 523 | 205 | -60.8% |
| Meitra DotyPsychiatry | Dallas | 33 | 13 | -60.6% |
| Phyllis RamirezPsychiatry | Tyler | 177 | 70 | -60.5% |
| Wasiq ZaidiPsychiatry | Arlington | 161 | 64 | -60.2% |
| Ashley AmarPsychiatry & Neurology | Waco | 183 | 73 | -60.1% |
| Marguerite HoganNeuropsychiatry | San Antonio | 32 | 13 | -59.4% |
| Caroline LamPsychiatry & Neurology | Galveston | 104 | 43 | -58.7% |
| Salah QureshiPsychiatry | Pearland | 278 | 115 | -58.6% |
| Tarakumar ReddyPsychiatry | Hurst | 70 | 29 | -58.6% |
| Helene AlphonsoPsychiatry | Euless | 29 | 12 | -58.6% |
| Claude MurugenPsychiatry | Houston | 36 | 15 | -58.3% |
| Joel HolinerPsychiatry | Dallas | 649 | 271 | -58.2% |
| William PriviteraPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 167 | 70 | -58.1% |
| Marcelo VillarrealPsychiatry | Eagle Pass | 295 | 124 | -58% |
| Deepti ChopraPsychiatry | Houston | 69 | 29 | -58% |
| Michael SchwartzPsychiatry | Austin | 57 | 24 | -57.9% |
| Ronald FleischmannPsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 33 | 14 | -57.6% |
| Michael NossPsychiatry | Dallas | 33 | 14 | -57.6% |
| Sheri GainesPsychiatry | Huntsville | 134 | 57 | -57.5% |
| Ashley ToutounchiPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 47 | 20 | -57.4% |
| Carlos VelezPsychiatry | San Antonio | 150 | 64 | -57.3% |
| Jean Joseph-VanderpoolPsychiatry | El Paso | 154 | 66 | -57.1% |
| Shelly RileyPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 28 | 12 | -57.1% |
| Stephen TankersleyPsychiatry | Dallas | 237 | 102 | -57% |
| Gabriella PasztorPsychiatry | Sugar Land | 458 | 199 | -56.6% |
| Bagyalakshmi ArumughamGeriatric Psychiatry | Richardson | 146 | 65 | -55.5% |
| Richard MccollPsychiatry | Round Rock | 676 | 303 | -55.2% |
| Lourdes BosquezPsychiatry | The Woodlands | 162 | 73 | -54.9% |
| Carlos VargasPsychiatry | Houston | 62 | 28 | -54.8% |
| Aileen FisherPsychiatry | Terrell | 318 | 144 | -54.7% |
| Rodolfo MolinaPsychiatry | Southlake | 159 | 72 | -54.7% |
| Salina AgarwalPsychiatry | Houston | 285 | 130 | -54.4% |
| Harry FaustPsychiatry | Big Spring | 129 | 59 | -54.3% |
| Yu QuanNeuropsychiatry | Deer Park | 72 | 33 | -54.2% |
| Nanjappa SreenivasPsychiatry | Harlingen | 1,583 | 726 | -54.1% |
| Molly AugustinePsychiatry & Neurology | Southlake | 26 | 12 | -53.8% |
| Son NguyenPsychiatry | Amarillo | 300 | 139 | -53.7% |
| Geetha ReddyPsychiatry | Fort Worth | 138 | 64 | -53.6% |
| William WeatherbyPsychiatry | Austin | 110 | 51 | -53.6% |
| Umamaheswara MaruvadaPsychiatry | Corpus Christi | 576 | 271 | -53% |
| Michelle MercadoPsychiatry | San Antonio | 155 | 73 | -52.9% |
| Fernando SilesPsychiatry | Greenville | 1,078 | 512 | -52.5% |
| Annette SheltonPsychiatry & Neurology | Arlington | 23 | 11 | -52.2% |
| Owen OsagiePsychiatry | Rosenberg | 493 | 237 | -51.9% |
| Josefina Diaz-VogtPsychiatry | El Paso | 397 | 191 | -51.9% |
| Joanne SoteloPsychiatry | Round Rock | 358 | 173 | -51.7% |
| Ziba RezaeePsychiatry | Lakeway | 116 | 56 | -51.7% |
| Marlon QuinonesPsychiatry | San Antonio | 1,930 | 937 | -51.5% |
| Earl StengerPsychiatry | San Antonio | 2,319 | 1,137 | -51% |
| Jawad RiazPsychiatry | Sherman | 1,438 | 707 | -50.8% |
| Edward CasanovaPsychiatry | Houston | 65 | 32 | -50.8% |
| Walter EllistonPsychiatry | Frisco | 204 | 102 | -50% |
| Rupa PeddireddyPsychiatry | Longview | 70 | 35 | -50% |
| Shreenath DoctorPsychiatry & Neurology | Bellaire | 44 | 22 | -50% |
| Marty BennettPsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 125 | 63 | -49.6% |
| Madeline HarfordPsychiatry | Dallas | 89 | 45 | -49.4% |
| Mehmooda NasirPsychiatry | Irving | 177 | 90 | -49.2% |
| Gabriel YeamansPsychiatry | Dallas | 140 | 72 | -48.6% |
| James NorcrossPsychiatry | Dallas | 33 | 17 | -48.5% |
| Rakesh DesaiPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 232 | 120 | -48.3% |
| Mitchell DunnPsychiatry | Dallas | 89 | 46 | -48.3% |
| Alan ValentinePsychiatry | Houston | 29 | 15 | -48.3% |
| Peter HolmPsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 81 | 42 | -48.1% |
| Ardashes MirzatunyPsychiatry | Frisco | 153 | 80 | -47.7% |
| James MontgomeryPsychiatry & Neurology | Grapevine | 21 | 11 | -47.6% |
| David BobbPsychiatry | Houston | 40 | 21 | -47.5% |
| Teresita BrothersNeuropsychiatry | San Antonio | 112 | 59 | -47.3% |
| Nazrul IslamPsychiatry | Austin | 215 | 114 | -47% |
| Ken MastersPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 311 | 165 | -46.9% |
| William LawrencePsychiatry | Burleson | 30 | 16 | -46.7% |
| Jin Yong HanPsychiatry | Houston | 30 | 16 | -46.7% |
| Amanda WhiteleyPsychiatry | Austin | 323 | 173 | -46.4% |
| John PichotPsychiatry & Neurology | San Antonio | 28 | 15 | -46.4% |
| Chevelle BrudeyPsychiatry | Dallas | 54 | 29 | -46.3% |
| Chantee VavasseurPsychiatry | Houston | 102 | 55 | -46.1% |
| Zaki MoinPsychiatry | Sugar Land | 379 | 205 | -45.9% |
| Jia WangPsychiatry | Houston | 22 | 12 | -45.5% |
| Thomas MatthewsPsychiatry | San Antonio | 22 | 12 | -45.5% |
| Rachel LynnPsychiatry | Houston | 64 | 35 | -45.3% |
| Ricardo DelcidPsychiatry | Houston | 208 | 114 | -45.2% |
| Gayatri SinghPsychiatry | Mckinney | 481 | 264 | -45.1% |
| Jaron WinstonPsychiatry | Austin | 877 | 483 | -44.9% |
| Luisa Acevedo LohnerPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 74 | 41 | -44.6% |
| Atique KhanPsychiatry | Denton | 36 | 20 | -44.4% |
| Athi VenkateshPsychiatry | Kingwood | 418 | 233 | -44.3% |
| Robert CantuPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 177 | 99 | -44.1% |
| William GoldmanPsychiatry | Southlake | 93 | 52 | -44.1% |
| Sawsan KhanPsychiatry | Houston | 100 | 56 | -44% |
| Leonora StephensPsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 66 | 37 | -43.9% |
| Ken HopperPsychiatry & Neurology | Arlington | 23 | 13 | -43.5% |
| Christine BartowPsychiatry | Austin | 23 | 13 | -43.5% |
| William ThorntonPsychiatry | Dallas | 366 | 208 | -43.2% |
| Edmund WilliamsNeuropsychiatry | San Antonio | 172 | 99 | -42.4% |
| Robin LivingstonPsychiatry | Houston | 92 | 53 | -42.4% |
| Virginia FloresPsychiatry | Temple | 226 | 131 | -42% |
| Sabri SheikhaPsychiatry | Rockwall | 582 | 338 | -41.9% |
| Seema HaquePsychiatry | Arlington | 1,520 | 885 | -41.8% |
| David KormanPsychiatry | Palestine | 2,547 | 1,488 | -41.6% |
| Geraldine Huey YouPsychiatry | Dallas | 113 | 66 | -41.6% |
| Cody LindseyPsychiatry | College Station | 624 | 367 | -41.2% |
| Oluyemi AinaPsychiatry | Sherman | 1,138 | 672 | -40.9% |
| David AnsellPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 54 | 32 | -40.7% |
| Amanda HolmesPsychiatry | Paris | 441 | 262 | -40.6% |
| Kathleen GallentinePsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 32 | 19 | -40.6% |
| Nancy GravesPsychiatry | Texarkana | 597 | 357 | -40.2% |
| Luke PerisPsychiatry | Dallas | 227 | 136 | -40.1% |
| Rebecca CastroPsychiatry | Seguin | 423 | 254 | -40% |
| Cesar Matos-MartinezPsychiatry | Edinburg | 4,687 | 2,819 | -39.9% |
| Ariel De LlanosPsychiatry & Neurology | San Antonio | 167 | 101 | -39.5% |
| Thomas GruglePsychiatry & Neurology | Dallas | 23 | 14 | -39.1% |
| Brian ForsythePsychiatry | Dallas | 41 | 25 | -39% |
| Melanie Melville SantosPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 191 | 117 | -38.7% |
| Florence OusephPsychiatry | Bedford | 132 | 81 | -38.6% |
| Min ZhongPsychiatry | Houston | 122 | 75 | -38.5% |
| Ruben MendozaPsychiatry | Amarillo | 118 | 73 | -38.1% |
| Eileen StarbranchPsychiatry | Houston | 469 | 291 | -38% |
| James RushPsychiatry | Amarillo | 151 | 94 | -37.7% |
| Eric KempPsychiatry | Terrell | 286 | 179 | -37.4% |
| Syed Sajjad ZaidiPsychiatry | Alvin | 338 | 212 | -37.3% |
| Charles SweetPsychiatry & Neurology | Austin | 140 | 88 | -37.1% |
| Andreea AndreiPsychiatry & Neurology | Houston | 49 | 31 | -36.7% |
| Robert BaconPsychiatry | Houston | 962 | 613 | -36.3% |
| Edward FreemanPsychiatry | Killeen | 58 | 37 | -36.2% |
| Martin KramPsychiatry | Grand Prairie | 818 | 524 | -35.9% |
| Francisco TorresPsychiatry | Brownsville | 249 | 160 | -35.7% |
| Benjamin WowoPsychiatry | Katy | 82 | 53 | -35.4% |
Showing the 250 largest reductions of 1,223 prescribers in Texas.
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 Texas
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 Texas?
It fell 13.8% between 2013 and 2024 in Medicare Part D — a steeper fall than the country as a whole, where prescribing fell 12.9%. In 2024, Texas recorded 1,920,091 benzodiazepine claims across 427,612 patients.
How does Texas compare to other states?
Texas ranks 33 of 51 for prescribing intensity, at 4.49 benzodiazepine fills per patient per year, and 24 of 51 for the size of its decline since 2013 (1 being the steepest fall).
Which benzodiazepine is prescribed most in Texas?
Alprazolam, at 769,036 claims — 40.1% of the state's benzodiazepine prescribing in 2024. Next are Clonazepam (25.3%) and Lorazepam (17.7%).
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.