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Lacidipine vs Lercanidipine hydrochloride

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

Lercanidipine hydrochloride was dispensed 7.9× as often as Lacidipine in June 2026 — 431,926 items versus 54,413 in England.

54,413items

Lacidipine · June 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

431,926items

Lercanidipine hydrochloride · June 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Lacidipine versus Lercanidipine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

▬ Lacidipine   ·   ╌ Lercanidipine hydrochloride

0 216k 432k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2026 Lercanidipine hy… 54,413 Jan 2021: 47k Feb 2021: 45k Mar 2021: 50k Apr 2021: 49k May 2021: 46k Jun 2021: 50k Jul 2021: 49k Aug 2021: 48k Sep 2021: 49k Oct 2021: 47k Nov 2021: 49k Dec 2021: 52k Jan 2022: 48k Feb 2022: 45k Mar 2022: 51k Apr 2022: 48k May 2022: 48k Jun 2022: 47k Jul 2022: 48k Aug 2022: 49k Sep 2022: 47k Oct 2022: 47k Nov 2022: 47k Dec 2022: 49k Jan 2023: 47k Feb 2023: 44k Mar 2023: 50k Apr 2023: 46k May 2023: 49k Jun 2023: 49k Jul 2023: 48k Aug 2023: 49k Sep 2023: 48k Oct 2023: 49k Nov 2023: 50k Dec 2023: 50k Jan 2024: 51k Feb 2024: 48k Mar 2024: 49k Apr 2024: 51k May 2024: 52k Jun 2024: 48k Jul 2024: 52k Aug 2024: 52k Sep 2024: 49k Oct 2024: 52k Nov 2024: 51k Dec 2024: 52k Jan 2025: 53k Feb 2025: 48k Mar 2025: 51k Apr 2025: 51k May 2025: 53k Jun 2025: 51k Jul 2025: 55k Aug 2025: 50k Sep 2025: 53k Oct 2025: 54k Nov 2025: 50k Dec 2025: 56k Jan 2026: 54k Feb 2026: 50k Mar 2026: 55k Apr 2026: 54k May 2026: 53k Jun 2026: 54k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to June 2026

Lacidipine versus Lercanidipine hydrochloride, June 2026
Measure Lacidipine Lercanidipine hydrochloride
Items, June 2026 54,413 431,926
Items, last 12 months 636,828 4,848,714
Net ingredient cost, June 2026 £147,017 £968,527

See the full profile for Lacidipine or Lercanidipine hydrochloride.