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Calcium chloride vs Sodium fluoride

National NHS prescribing compared (Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated March 2025

Sodium fluoride was dispensed 39,087.0× as often as Calcium chloride in March 2025 — 117,261 items versus 3 in England.

3items

Calcium chloride · March 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

117,261items

Sodium fluoride · March 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

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

▬ Calcium chloride   ·   ╌ Sodium fluoride

0 68k 135k Jan 2021 Mar 2022 Oct 2022 Jun 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2025 Sodium fluoride 3 Jan 2021: 1 Apr 2021: 1 Aug 2021: 2 Sep 2021: 1 Jan 2022: 1 Feb 2022: 3 Mar 2022: 2 Apr 2022: 1 Jun 2022: 1 Jul 2022: 2 Aug 2022: 1 Sep 2022: 2 Oct 2022: 2 Nov 2022: 2 Feb 2023: 1 Mar 2023: 2 Apr 2023: 2 May 2023: 1 Jun 2023: 1 Jul 2023: 2 Aug 2023: 2 Sep 2023: 1 Oct 2023: 1 Nov 2023: 1 Dec 2023: 3 Jan 2024: 2 Feb 2024: 4 Mar 2024: 1 Apr 2024: 3 May 2024: 6 Jul 2024: 1 Aug 2024: 2 Sep 2024: 1 Oct 2024: 4 Jan 2025: 1 Mar 2025: 3

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2025

Calcium chloride versus Sodium fluoride, March 2025
Measure Calcium chloride Sodium fluoride
Items, March 2025 3 117,261
Items, last 12 months 31 1,474,213
Net ingredient cost, March 2025 £36 £2,766,449

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