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Amisulpride vs Aripiprazole

National NHS prescribing compared (Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated May 2026

Aripiprazole was dispensed 5.5× as often as Amisulpride in May 2026 — 168,891 items versus 30,759 in England.

30,759items

Amisulpride · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

168,891items

Aripiprazole · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Amisulpride versus Aripiprazole: national items dispensed by month

▬ Amisulpride   ·   ╌ Aripiprazole

0 89k 178k Jan 2021 Dec 2021 Oct 2022 Aug 2023 Jun 2024 Apr 2025 May 2026 Aripiprazole 30,759 Jan 2021: 33k Feb 2021: 32k Mar 2021: 34k Apr 2021: 34k May 2021: 32k Jun 2021: 34k Jul 2021: 34k Aug 2021: 33k Oct 2021: 33k Nov 2021: 34k Dec 2021: 34k Jan 2022: 33k Feb 2022: 31k Mar 2022: 34k Apr 2022: 33k May 2022: 34k Jun 2022: 33k Jul 2022: 33k Aug 2022: 33k Sep 2022: 33k Oct 2022: 33k Nov 2022: 34k Dec 2022: 33k Jan 2023: 33k Feb 2023: 30k Mar 2023: 35k Apr 2023: 30k May 2023: 32k Jun 2023: 33k Jul 2023: 32k Aug 2023: 33k Sep 2023: 32k Oct 2023: 32k Nov 2023: 32k Dec 2023: 32k Jan 2024: 33k Feb 2024: 31k Mar 2024: 31k Apr 2024: 32k May 2024: 33k Jun 2024: 31k Jul 2024: 33k Aug 2024: 32k Sep 2024: 32k Oct 2024: 33k Nov 2024: 31k Dec 2024: 33k Jan 2025: 33k Feb 2025: 29k Mar 2025: 31k Apr 2025: 32k May 2025: 32k Jun 2025: 32k Jul 2025: 33k Aug 2025: 31k Sep 2025: 32k Oct 2025: 33k Nov 2025: 30k Dec 2025: 34k Jan 2026: 32k Feb 2026: 29k Mar 2026: 32k Apr 2026: 31k May 2026: 31k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Amisulpride versus Aripiprazole, May 2026
Measure Amisulpride Aripiprazole
Items, May 2026 30,759 168,891
Items, last 12 months 380,337 2,011,705
Net ingredient cost, May 2026 £230,702 £627,342

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