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Betaxolol

Eye Treatment of glaucoma BNF 1106000I0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Betaxolol was ranked 927th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 737 items, down 15.2% on a year earlier.

737items -15.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

7,887items

Rolling 12 months

£5,065

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Betaxolol: national items dispensed by month

0 758 2k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 1,252 Jan 2021: 2k Feb 2021: 1k Mar 2021: 2k Apr 2021: 1k May 2021: 1k Jun 2021: 2k Jul 2021: 1k Aug 2021: 1k Sep 2021: 1k Oct 2021: 1k Nov 2021: 1k Dec 2021: 1k Jan 2022: 1k Feb 2022: 1k Mar 2022: 1k Apr 2022: 1k May 2022: 1k Jun 2022: 1k Jul 2022: 1k Aug 2022: 1k Sep 2022: 1k Oct 2022: 1k Nov 2022: 1k Dec 2022: 1k Jan 2023: 1k Feb 2023: 933 Mar 2023: 1k Apr 2023: 911 May 2023: 992 Jun 2023: 1k Jul 2023: 908 Aug 2023: 948 Sep 2023: 939 Oct 2023: 917 Nov 2023: 941 Dec 2023: 946 Jan 2024: 944 Feb 2024: 883 Mar 2024: 889 Apr 2024: 926 May 2024: 896 Jun 2024: 876 Jul 2024: 928 Aug 2024: 884 Sep 2024: 898 Oct 2024: 888 Nov 2024: 838 Dec 2024: 871 Jan 2025: 878 Feb 2025: 790 Mar 2025: 863 Apr 2025: 810 May 2025: 869 Jun 2025: 810 Jul 2025: 864 Aug 2025: 794 Sep 2025: 824 Oct 2025: 875 Nov 2025: 768 Dec 2025: 825 Jan 2026: 806 Feb 2026: 710 Mar 2026: 780 Apr 2026: 768 May 2026: 737 Jun 2026: 783 Jul 2026: 1k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Treatment of glaucoma
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £6.87
  • Year on year Down 15.2% 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 Betaxolol this month.

Presentations of Betaxolol, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Betaxolol 0.5% eye drops 1106000I0AAAAAA 264 £777
Betoptic 0.5% eye drops 1106000I0BBAAAA 162 £473
Betoptic 0.25% suspension eye drops 1106000I0BBABAB 160 £657
Betoptic 0.25% eye drops suspension 0.25ml unit dose 1106000I0BBACAC 151 £3,157

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

Where Betaxolol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Betaxolol volumes.

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

Compare Betaxolol with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Betaxolol 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.