Skip to content
Independent analysis of NHS open data
PharmaInsight

Amantadine hydrochloride

Central Nervous System Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders BNF 0409010B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Amantadine hydrochloride was ranked 480th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 11,047 items, down 4.7% on a year earlier.

11,047items -4.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

112,544items

Rolling 12 months

£104,156

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Amantadine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

0 6k 12k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 6 Jan 2021: 10k Feb 2021: 10k Mar 2021: 11k Apr 2021: 11k May 2021: 10k Jun 2021: 11k Jul 2021: 11k Aug 2021: 10k Sep 2021: 11k Oct 2021: 10k Nov 2021: 11k Dec 2021: 11k Jan 2022: 10k Feb 2022: 10k Mar 2022: 11k Apr 2022: 10k May 2022: 11k Jun 2022: 11k Jul 2022: 11k Aug 2022: 11k Sep 2022: 11k Oct 2022: 11k Nov 2022: 11k Dec 2022: 11k Jan 2023: 11k Feb 2023: 10k Mar 2023: 11k Apr 2023: 10k May 2023: 11k Jun 2023: 11k Jul 2023: 11k Aug 2023: 11k Sep 2023: 11k Oct 2023: 11k Nov 2023: 11k Dec 2023: 11k Jan 2024: 11k Feb 2024: 11k Mar 2024: 11k Apr 2024: 11k May 2024: 11k Jun 2024: 11k Jul 2024: 12k Aug 2024: 11k Sep 2024: 11k Oct 2024: 12k Nov 2024: 11k Dec 2024: 12k Jan 2025: 12k Feb 2025: 10k Mar 2025: 11k Apr 2025: 11k May 2025: 12k Jun 2025: 11k Jul 2025: 12k Aug 2025: 11k Sep 2025: 11k Oct 2025: 12k Nov 2025: 11k Dec 2025: 12k Jan 2026: 11k Feb 2026: 10k Mar 2026: 11k Apr 2026: 11k May 2026: 11k Jun 2026: 12k Jul 2026: 6

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Use this chart on your site

Free to reuse anywhere, including commercially — on your own site, in a report or in an article. Keep the credit link with it and you are done.

A live chart that updates itself when next month's data lands. The credit line is part of the snippet.

Preview the embed

An SVG with the title and credit built in. Vector, so it stays sharp at any size in a slide deck or a print layout, and it opens in Illustrator, Figma, Inkscape or any browser.

Download SVG

Paste this beneath the chart if you are using the image rather than the embed.

Chart licensed under CC BY 4.0 — attribution link to PharmaInsight required. Underlying data © NHSBSA, Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
  • Presentations 3 shown
  • Average cost / item £9.43
  • Year on year Down 4.7% 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 Amantadine hydrochloride this month.

Presentations of Amantadine hydrochloride, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Amantadine 100mg capsules 0409010B0AAAAAA 10,822 £27,398
Amantadine 50mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 0409010B0AAABAB 212 £71,699
Trilasym 50mg/5ml oral solution 0409010B0BCAAAB 13 £5,059

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

Where Amantadine hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Amantadine hydrochloride volumes.

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

Compare Amantadine hydrochloride with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Amantadine hydrochloride 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.