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Calcium acetate vs Sodium fluoride

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

Sodium fluoride was dispensed 18.5× as often as Calcium acetate in March 2026 — 129,961 items versus 7,023 in England.

7,023items

Calcium acetate · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

129,961items

Sodium fluoride · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Calcium acetate versus Sodium fluoride: national items dispensed by month

▬ Calcium acetate   ·   ╌ Sodium fluoride

Sodium fluoride 7,023

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

Calcium acetate versus Sodium fluoride, March 2026
Measure Calcium acetate Sodium fluoride
Items, March 2026 7,023 129,961
Items, last 12 months 84,366 1,474,874
Net ingredient cost, March 2026 £62,628 £2,983,164

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