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Icosapent vs Ezetimibe

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

Ezetimibe was dispensed 125.6× as often as Icosapent in March 2026 — 607,125 items versus 4,833 in England.

4,833items

Icosapent · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

607,125items

Ezetimibe · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Icosapent versus Ezetimibe: national items dispensed by month

▬ Icosapent   ·   ╌ Ezetimibe

Ezetimibe 4,833

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

Icosapent versus Ezetimibe, March 2026
Measure Icosapent Ezetimibe
Items, March 2026 4,833 607,125
Items, last 12 months 48,294 6,361,839
Net ingredient cost, March 2026 £631,977 £721,533

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