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Haloperidol vs Lithium carbonate

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

Lithium carbonate was dispensed 2.8× as often as Haloperidol in April 2026 — 69,174 items versus 24,907 in England.

24,907items

Haloperidol · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

69,174items

Lithium carbonate · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Haloperidol versus Lithium carbonate: national items dispensed by month

▬ Haloperidol   ·   ╌ Lithium carbonate

0 37k 73k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Apr 2026 Lithium carbonat… 24,907 Jan 2021: 29k Feb 2021: 26k Mar 2021: 29k Apr 2021: 27k May 2021: 26k Jun 2021: 27k Jul 2021: 28k Aug 2021: 26k Sep 2021: 27k Oct 2021: 26k Nov 2021: 27k Dec 2021: 29k Jan 2022: 27k Feb 2022: 25k Mar 2022: 28k Apr 2022: 26k May 2022: 27k Jun 2022: 26k Jul 2022: 26k Aug 2022: 27k Sep 2022: 27k Oct 2022: 27k Nov 2022: 27k Dec 2022: 28k Jan 2023: 28k Feb 2023: 24k Mar 2023: 28k Apr 2023: 25k May 2023: 26k Jun 2023: 27k Jul 2023: 26k Aug 2023: 26k Sep 2023: 26k Oct 2023: 27k Nov 2023: 27k Dec 2023: 27k Jan 2024: 27k Feb 2024: 26k Mar 2024: 25k Apr 2024: 26k May 2024: 27k Jun 2024: 25k Jul 2024: 27k Aug 2024: 26k Sep 2024: 25k Oct 2024: 28k Nov 2024: 26k Dec 2024: 27k Jan 2025: 28k Feb 2025: 24k Mar 2025: 25k Apr 2025: 26k May 2025: 26k Jun 2025: 25k Jul 2025: 26k Aug 2025: 24k Sep 2025: 25k Oct 2025: 27k Nov 2025: 24k Dec 2025: 27k Jan 2026: 27k Feb 2026: 24k Mar 2026: 25k Apr 2026: 25k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

Haloperidol versus Lithium carbonate, April 2026
Measure Haloperidol Lithium carbonate
Items, April 2026 24,907 69,174
Items, last 12 months 305,366 829,474
Net ingredient cost, April 2026 £1,536,127 £453,932

See the full profile for Haloperidol or Lithium carbonate.