Monitored Prescription Drug Dispensing Statistics

The WI ePDMP collects information submitted by pharmacies and other dispensers about prescriptions for monitored prescription drugs that are dispensed to patients in Wisconsin. Below, you will find information about the monitored prescription dispensings that are submitted to the WI ePDMP.

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Monitored Prescription Drug Doses Dispensed per Capita

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Data current through: 09/30/2024

Population data from https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wish/population/index.htm

Top 15 Monitored Prescription Drugs Dispensed

Gabapentin is designated in Wisconsin as a monitored prescription drug effective September 1, 2021.

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Area

Breakdown of
Prescriptions by Prescribing Profession

Data current through: 09/30/2024

Monitored Prescription Drug Dispensings by Drug Class Annually

Area

Data current through: 11/30/2024

Monitored Prescription Drug Dispensings by Drug Class Month Over Month

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Area

Data current through: 11/30/2024

Data-Driven Concerning Patient History Alerts

WI ePDMP uses sophisticated data analytics to assess a patient's monitored prescription drug history. The chart below shows the number of patients who, during the quarter indicated, met the criteria for the concerning patient history alerts listed. A patient can be included in the count for more than one alert type. Note that these alerts were not available in the WI PDMP prior to January 17, 2017, but the criteria to meet the alerts were applied to data from previous years to give an indication of how many alerts would have existed. Gabapentin is designated in Wisconsin as a monitored prescription drug effective September 1, 2021.

Year

Data current through: 11/30/2024

Data-Driven Concerning Patient History Alerts by Quarter

WI ePDMP uses sophisticated data analytics to assess a patient's monitored prescription drug history. The chart below shows the number of patients who, during the month indicated, met the criteria for the concerning patient history alerts listed. A patient can be included in the count for more than one alert type. Note that these alerts were not available in the WI PDMP prior to January 17, 2017, but the criteria to meet the alerts were applied to data from previous years to give an indication of how many alerts would have existed. Gabapentin is designated in Wisconsin as a monitored prescription drug effective September 1, 2021.

Year

Data current through: 09/30/2024

Number of Patients with Monitored Prescription Dispensings

Year

Data current through: 11/30/2024

Number of Patients with Monitored Prescription Dispensings, by Age and Drug Class

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Area

Drug Class

Data current through: 09/30/2024

Monitored Prescription Drug Dispensing Statistics

Breakdown of Prescriptions by Prescribing Profession

Breakdown of
Prescriptions by Prescribing Profession