Medicines
Gastro-Intestinal System
Antispasmodics and other drugs altering gut motility
Alverine citrate/simeticone

Alverine citrate/simeticone

Name: Alverine citrate/simeticone NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Gastro-Intestinal System Antispasmodics and other drugs altering gut motility BNF 0102000AJ

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Alverine citrate/simeticone was ranked 689th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 2,970 items, up 44.5% on a year earlier.

2,970items +44.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

26,793items

Rolling 12 months

£31,003

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Alverine citrate/simeticone: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Antispasmodics and other drugs altering gut motility
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £10.44
Year on year Up 44.5% 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.

Where Alverine citrate/simeticone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Alverine citrate/simeticone volumes.

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Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Alverine citrate/simeticone with

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

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The monthly series for Alverine citrate/simeticone 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.