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Acetazolamide

Eye Treatment of glaucoma BNF 1106000B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Acetazolamide was ranked 485th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 10,902 items, up 1.0% on a year earlier.

10,902items +1%

Dispensed in May 2026

111,295items

Rolling 12 months

£110,659

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Acetazolamide: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Treatment of glaucoma
  • Presentations 7 shown
  • Average cost / item £10.15
  • Year on year Up 1.0% on a year earlier
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Acetazolamide this month.

Presentations of Acetazolamide, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Acetazolamide 250mg tablets 1106000B0AAACAC 10,793 £98,546
Acetazolamide 250mg/5ml oral suspension 1106000B0AABQBQ 59 £3,714
Diamox SR 250mg capsules 1106000B0BBAEAL 22 £595
Diamox 250mg tablets 1106000B0BBABAC 18 £118
Acetazolamide 125mg/5ml oral liquid 1106000B0AAASAS 8 £5,079
Acetazolamide 100mg/5ml oral liquid 1106000B0AAA2A2 1 £2,578
Acetazolamide 250mg modified-release capsules 1106000B0AAALAL 1 £29

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Acetazolamide is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Acetazolamide volumes.

Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.

Compare Acetazolamide with

Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.

Download this data

The monthly series for Acetazolamide is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.