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Brimonidine tartrate vs Latanoprost

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

Latanoprost was dispensed 14.5× as often as Brimonidine tartrate in April 2026 — 295,721 items versus 20,365 in England.

20,365items

Brimonidine tartrate · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

295,721items

Latanoprost · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Brimonidine tartrate versus Latanoprost: national items dispensed by month

▬ Brimonidine tartrate   ·   ╌ Latanoprost

0 153k 306k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Apr 2026 Latanoprost 20,365 Jan 2021: 22k Feb 2021: 20k Mar 2021: 22k Apr 2021: 21k May 2021: 20k Jun 2021: 22k Jul 2021: 22k Aug 2021: 21k Sep 2021: 22k Oct 2021: 21k Nov 2021: 21k Dec 2021: 22k Jan 2022: 21k Feb 2022: 19k Mar 2022: 22k Apr 2022: 20k May 2022: 21k Jun 2022: 21k Jul 2022: 21k Aug 2022: 24k Sep 2022: 22k Oct 2022: 21k Nov 2022: 21k Dec 2022: 21k Jan 2023: 21k Feb 2023: 19k Mar 2023: 21k Apr 2023: 19k May 2023: 21k Jun 2023: 21k Jul 2023: 20k Aug 2023: 21k Sep 2023: 21k Oct 2023: 21k Nov 2023: 21k Dec 2023: 21k Jan 2024: 21k Feb 2024: 20k Mar 2024: 20k Apr 2024: 22k May 2024: 21k Jun 2024: 20k Jul 2024: 21k Aug 2024: 20k Sep 2024: 20k Oct 2024: 21k Nov 2024: 20k Dec 2024: 21k Jan 2025: 21k Feb 2025: 18k Mar 2025: 19k Apr 2025: 19k May 2025: 20k Jun 2025: 19k Jul 2025: 21k Aug 2025: 19k Sep 2025: 20k Oct 2025: 21k Nov 2025: 19k Dec 2025: 21k Jan 2026: 21k Feb 2026: 19k Mar 2026: 21k Apr 2026: 20k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

Brimonidine tartrate versus Latanoprost, April 2026
Measure Brimonidine tartrate Latanoprost
Items, April 2026 20,365 295,721
Items, last 12 months 242,666 3,485,754
Net ingredient cost, April 2026 £56,472 £2,046,880

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