Ifteqar Syed, MD
Pain Medicine · Paris, TXNPI 1518963081
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 195 payments — averaging $12.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$940
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$302
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$196
- Merck$189
- Pfizer$145
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$87
- plus $612 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,471100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 87 | $940 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $302 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 13 | $196 |
| Merck | 12 | $189 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $145 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 5 | $87 |
| Amgen | 5 | $85 |
| Abbott | 4 | $72 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$2,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 59 | $109,093 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 3,744 | $90,000 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 52 | $84,153 |
| Buprenorphine | 261 | $50,184 |
| Lidocaine | 329 | $44,324 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 36 | $43,091 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 35 | $36,194 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,344 | $33,878 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 79 | $33,864 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 35 | $28,297 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 42 | $25,289 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 18 | $24,006 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 51 | $23,008 |
| Pregabalin | 1,030 | $19,229 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 23 | $17,837 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Vraylar, Linzess | $940 | $116,04185 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $145 | $109,09359 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta, Xtampza Er, Nucynta Er | $28 | $57,27983 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $11 | $36,19435 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $189 | $33,86479 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $302 | $23,00851 claims |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US IncQuviviq | $87 | $15,44531 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $26 | $13,01438 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 40th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.
Other pain medicine in Paris
- Aaron CalodneyTyler$3M
- Mitchell EngleHouston$1.5M
- Melissa MurphyGrapevine$711K
- Shiraz YazdaniLubbock$632K
- Muhammad ZulqarnainDallas$556K
- Daniel PakHouston$460K
- Marvin ChangSugar Land$306K
- David LeimanHouston$281K
- Candice BurnetteSugar Land$265K
- Ellen LinSan Antonio$251K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.