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Bezafibrate vs Pravastatin sodium

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

Pravastatin sodium was dispensed 7.9× as often as Bezafibrate in May 2026 — 160,402 items versus 20,337 in England.

20,337items

Bezafibrate · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

160,402items

Pravastatin sodium · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Bezafibrate versus Pravastatin sodium: national items dispensed by month

▬ Bezafibrate   ·   ╌ Pravastatin sodium

0 104k 209k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 May 2026 Pravastatin sodi… 20,337 Jan 2021: 31k Feb 2021: 29k Mar 2021: 31k Apr 2021: 30k May 2021: 30k Jun 2021: 31k Jul 2021: 30k Aug 2021: 29k Sep 2021: 30k Oct 2021: 29k Nov 2021: 29k Dec 2021: 31k Jan 2022: 29k Feb 2022: 27k Mar 2022: 30k Apr 2022: 28k May 2022: 29k Jun 2022: 28k Jul 2022: 28k Aug 2022: 29k Sep 2022: 28k Oct 2022: 28k Nov 2022: 28k Dec 2022: 29k Jan 2023: 28k Feb 2023: 25k Mar 2023: 29k Apr 2023: 26k May 2023: 27k Jun 2023: 28k Jul 2023: 27k Aug 2023: 27k Sep 2023: 27k Oct 2023: 26k Nov 2023: 27k Dec 2023: 27k Jan 2024: 27k Feb 2024: 25k Mar 2024: 25k Apr 2024: 26k May 2024: 26k Jun 2024: 24k Jul 2024: 26k Aug 2024: 25k Sep 2024: 24k Oct 2024: 26k Nov 2024: 25k Dec 2024: 25k Jan 2025: 25k Feb 2025: 22k Mar 2025: 24k Apr 2025: 24k May 2025: 24k Jun 2025: 23k Jul 2025: 24k Aug 2025: 21k Sep 2025: 22k Oct 2025: 22k Nov 2025: 22k Dec 2025: 24k Jan 2026: 22k Feb 2026: 20k Mar 2026: 22k Apr 2026: 21k May 2026: 20k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Bezafibrate versus Pravastatin sodium, May 2026
Measure Bezafibrate Pravastatin sodium
Items, May 2026 20,337 160,402
Items, last 12 months 264,376 2,016,496
Net ingredient cost, May 2026 £154,039 £206,592

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