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Calcium lactate vs Sodium fluoride

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

Sodium fluoride was dispensed 63,400.5× as often as Calcium lactate in September 2025 — 126,801 items versus 2 in England.

2items

Calcium lactate · September 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

126,801items

Sodium fluoride · September 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

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

▬ Calcium lactate   ·   ╌ Sodium fluoride

0 68k 135k Jan 2021 May 2021 Sep 2021 Aug 2022 Aug 2023 Sep 2025 Sodium fluoride 2 Jan 2021: 3 Feb 2021: 1 Mar 2021: 21 Apr 2021: 10 May 2021: 4 Jun 2021: 8 Jul 2021: 4 Aug 2021: 3 Sep 2021: 1 Oct 2021: 1 Nov 2021: 3 Jul 2022: 2 Aug 2022: 1 Nov 2022: 2 Feb 2023: 2 May 2023: 1 Aug 2023: 5 Jan 2024: 2 Mar 2024: 1 Dec 2024: 2 Feb 2025: 1 Sep 2025: 2

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to September 2025

Calcium lactate versus Sodium fluoride, September 2025
Measure Calcium lactate Sodium fluoride
Items, September 2025 2 126,801
Items, last 12 months 24 1,479,686
Net ingredient cost, September 2025 £5 £3,000,510

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