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Salbutamol vs Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol

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

Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol was dispensed 37.0× as often as Salbutamol in May 2026 — 26,555 items versus 717 in England.

717items

Salbutamol · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

26,555items

Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Salbutamol versus Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol: national items dispensed by month

▬ Salbutamol   ·   ╌ Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol

0 16k 31k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 May 2026 Tiotropium bromi… 717 Jan 2021: 1k Feb 2021: 1k Mar 2021: 1k Apr 2021: 1k May 2021: 1k Jun 2021: 1k Jul 2021: 1k Aug 2021: 1k Sep 2021: 1k Oct 2021: 1k Nov 2021: 1k Dec 2021: 1k Jan 2022: 1k Feb 2022: 959 Mar 2022: 1k Apr 2022: 1k May 2022: 1k Jun 2022: 1k Jul 2022: 1k Aug 2022: 1k Sep 2022: 1k Oct 2022: 1k Nov 2022: 1k Dec 2022: 1k Jan 2023: 1k Feb 2023: 921 Mar 2023: 994 Apr 2023: 879 May 2023: 962 Jun 2023: 913 Jul 2023: 901 Aug 2023: 888 Sep 2023: 874 Oct 2023: 873 Nov 2023: 860 Dec 2023: 881 Jan 2024: 914 Feb 2024: 937 Mar 2024: 1k Apr 2024: 1k May 2024: 1k Jun 2024: 997 Jul 2024: 908 Aug 2024: 923 Sep 2024: 866 Oct 2024: 907 Nov 2024: 719 Dec 2024: 591 Jan 2025: 886 Feb 2025: 607 Mar 2025: 755 Apr 2025: 722 May 2025: 692 Jun 2025: 722 Jul 2025: 675 Aug 2025: 618 Sep 2025: 676 Oct 2025: 1k Nov 2025: 958 Dec 2025: 855 Jan 2026: 822 Feb 2026: 720 Mar 2026: 768 Apr 2026: 743 May 2026: 717

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Salbutamol versus Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol, May 2026
Measure Salbutamol Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol
Items, May 2026 717 26,555
Items, last 12 months 9,652 338,087
Net ingredient cost, May 2026 £23,355 £969,150

See the full profile for Salbutamol or Tiotropium bromide/olodaterol.