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Buprenorphine hydrochloride

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs used in substance dependence
Data updated March 2026

Buprenorphine hydrochloride was ranked 194th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 85,518 items, up 11.7% on a year earlier.

85,518items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£2,234,789

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

994,930items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Buprenorphine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

85,518

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Buprenorphine hydrochloride, by items this month.

Presentations of Buprenorphine hydrochloride, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free 24,359 £175,645
Buprenorphine 2mg sublingual tablets sugar free 22,521 £115,355
Espranor 8mg oral lyophilisates 17,577 £714,158
Espranor 2mg oral lyophilisates 16,636 £385,255
Buvidal 64mg/0.18ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 1,249 £299,865
Buvidal 96mg/0.27ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 1,237 £296,509
Buvidal 128mg/0.36ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 741 £177,618
Subutex 8mg sublingual tablets 378 £14,927
Buvidal 16mg/0.32ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 160 £8,949
Subutex 2mg sublingual tablets 152 £2,680
Buvidal 24mg/0.48ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 144 £8,166
Buvidal 160mg/0.45ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 108 £25,888
Buvidal 32mg/0.64ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 92 £5,146
Buvidal 8mg/0.16ml prolonged-rel inj pre-filled syringes 53 £3,076
Subutex 0.4mg sublingual tablets 37 £247

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