Who prescribes GLP‑1 medication in Brooklyn

1257 clinicians in Brooklyn, NY prescribed GLP-1 medication to Medicare patients, by drug and specialty.

By Sam Reed · Founder and data lead

1,257

clinicians

145,651

claims

products

What clinicians in Brooklyn prescribe

Medication	Prescribers	Claims
Ozempic	1,002	67,856
Trulicity	716	33,748
Mounjaro	493	31,351
Rybelsus	311	12,257
Wegovy	15	425
Byetta	1	14

Medicare Part D, 2024

Counts include only clinicians with 11 or more claims of a drug — CMS does not publish smaller counts, so the real number is higher. These are Medicare prescriptions. A clinician counted here is not necessarily treating weight loss, accepting new patients, or able to prescribe for you.

Which specialties prescribe

Most GLP-1 prescriptions come from primary care, not endocrinology.

Internal Medicine	562
Family Practice	211
Nurse Practitioner	170
Physician Assistant	72
Cardiology	44
Endocrinology	40
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	38
Nephrology	12

Two ways to get a prescription in Brooklyn, NY

In person

The clinicians counted above prescribe from their own practices. Booking usually means insurance, a referral in some cases, and whatever the local wait happens to be.

Online

A telehealth provider can assess eligibility in a short online visit, without insurance. Availability and price vary by state.

Data sources · cited with retrieval dates

CMS NADACNational Average Drug Acquisition Cost, weekly file
CMS Medicare Part DPrescriber public use file, by geography and drug
CMS State Drug UtilizationQuarterly Medicaid prescription and reimbursement data

NADAC figures are pharmacy acquisition costs, not retail prices and not what you will pay. This content is educational and is not medical advice.