Budesonide

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Corticosteroids (respiratory)

Data updated March 2026

Budesonide was ranked 52nd of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 441,490 items, up 30.0% on a year earlier.

441,490items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£14,964,646

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

4,702,193items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Budesonide: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

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

Presentations of Budesonide, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Symbicort 200/6 Turbohaler	183,872	£6,868,568
Symbicort 100/6 Turbohaler	63,708	£2,284,744
Fobumix Easyhaler 160microg / 4.5microg/dose dry pdr inh	61,307	£1,310,640
DuoResp Spiromax 160microg/dose / 4.5microg/dose dry pdr inh	45,432	£1,618,932
Symbicort 400/12 Turbohaler	20,187	£921,004
DuoResp Spiromax 320microg/dose / 9microg/dose dry pdr inh	11,987	£515,375
Symbicort 200microg/dose / 6microg/dose pressurised inh	10,868	£377,412
Fobumix Easyhaler 80microg/dose / 4.5microg/dose dry pdr inh	8,358	£227,621
Symbicort 100microg/dose / 3microg/dose pressurised inh	6,611	£118,300
Pulmicort 200 Turbohaler	6,247	£114,014
Easyhaler Budesonide 100micrograms/dose dry powder inhaler	4,512	£43,644
WockAIR 160micrograms/dose / 4.5micrograms/dose dry pdr inh	3,899	£78,100
Easyhaler Budesonide 200micrograms/dose dry powder inhaler	3,180	£60,338
Fobumix Easyhaler 320microg/dose / 9microg/dose dry pdr inh	3,151	£102,706
Pulmicort 100 Turbohaler	2,872	£46,398

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