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Sodium feredetate vs Cyanocobalamin

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

Cyanocobalamin was dispensed 14.6× as often as Sodium feredetate in April 2026 — 237,880 items versus 16,323 in England.

16,323items

Sodium feredetate · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

237,880items

Cyanocobalamin · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Sodium feredetate versus Cyanocobalamin: national items dispensed by month

▬ Sodium feredetate   ·   ╌ Cyanocobalamin

0 122k 243k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Apr 2026 Cyanocobalamin 16,323 Jan 2021: 14k Feb 2021: 13k Mar 2021: 16k Apr 2021: 15k May 2021: 15k Jun 2021: 16k Jul 2021: 16k Aug 2021: 15k Sep 2021: 15k Oct 2021: 15k Nov 2021: 16k Dec 2021: 16k Jan 2022: 16k Feb 2022: 16k Mar 2022: 18k Apr 2022: 16k May 2022: 18k Jun 2022: 18k Jul 2022: 18k Aug 2022: 17k Sep 2022: 17k Oct 2022: 17k Nov 2022: 17k Dec 2022: 16k Jan 2023: 17k Feb 2023: 17k Mar 2023: 19k Apr 2023: 16k May 2023: 19k Jun 2023: 19k Jul 2023: 19k Aug 2023: 18k Sep 2023: 18k Oct 2023: 18k Nov 2023: 17k Dec 2023: 16k Jan 2024: 17k Feb 2024: 16k Mar 2024: 15k Apr 2024: 16k May 2024: 16k Jun 2024: 16k Jul 2024: 17k Aug 2024: 15k Sep 2024: 16k Oct 2024: 16k Nov 2024: 15k Dec 2024: 14k Jan 2025: 16k Feb 2025: 14k Mar 2025: 16k Apr 2025: 15k May 2025: 16k Jun 2025: 16k Jul 2025: 17k Aug 2025: 14k Sep 2025: 16k Oct 2025: 16k Nov 2025: 15k Dec 2025: 15k Jan 2026: 16k Feb 2026: 15k Mar 2026: 17k Apr 2026: 16k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

Sodium feredetate versus Cyanocobalamin, April 2026
Measure Sodium feredetate Cyanocobalamin
Items, April 2026 16,323 237,880
Items, last 12 months 187,727 2,742,468
Net ingredient cost, April 2026 £219,692 £1,080,980

See the full profile for Sodium feredetate or Cyanocobalamin.