Buprenorphine

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Analgesics

Data updated March 2026

Buprenorphine was ranked 110th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 233,896 items, up 6.0% on a year earlier.

233,896items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£3,873,919

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

2,762,051items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Buprenorphine: 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 Buprenorphine, by items this month.

Presentations of Buprenorphine, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Butec 5micrograms/hour transdermal patches	26,622	£208,902
Butec 10micrograms/hour transdermal patches	23,888	£336,501
Sevodyne 5micrograms/hour transdermal patches	23,103	£125,954
Sevodyne 10micrograms/hour transdermal patches	19,918	£194,774
BuTrans 5micrograms/hour transdermal patches	18,221	£316,862
Butec 20micrograms/hour transdermal patches	14,524	£382,925
BuTrans 10micrograms/hour transdermal patches	14,036	£439,431
Butec 15micrograms/hour transdermal patches	10,814	£235,628
Bunov 5micrograms/hour transdermal patches	9,884	£48,701
Sevodyne 20micrograms/hour transdermal patches	9,792	£176,848
Sevodyne 15micrograms/hour transdermal patches	9,300	£141,472
Bunov 10micrograms/hour transdermal patches	9,130	£80,855
Buprenorphine 400microgram sublingual tablets sugar free	7,029	£62,015
BuTrans 20micrograms/hour transdermal patches	6,210	£357,532
BuTrans 15micrograms/hour transdermal patches	5,476	£260,828

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