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Table 1 Patients who received topiramate for alcohol use disorders in the Veterans Health Administration, 2009–2012

From: Prescription of topiramate to treat alcohol use disorders in the Veterans Health Administration

Year (total N1)

Topiramate prescription (n)

Topiramate prescription (%)

2009 (N = 374,817)

3736

0.99

2010 (N = 357,467)

5270

1.45

2011 (N = 375,777)

5454

1.45

2012 (N = 389,242)

7427

1.95

  1. 1Total numbers represent unique patients with either alcohol abuse or dependence diagnoses as recorded in the yearly census of over five million patients.