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Anastrozole

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease
Data updated March 2026

Anastrozole was ranked 280th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 43,311 items, up 3.0% on a year earlier.

43,311items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£76,852

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

511,730items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Anastrozole: national items dispensed by month

43,311

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Anastrozole, by items this month.

Presentations of Anastrozole, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Anastrozole 1mg tablets 43,029 £52,689
Arimidex 1mg tablets 281 £23,847
Anastrozole 1mg/5ml oral solution 1 £316

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