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Cabergoline

Central Nervous System Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders BNF 0409010U0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Cabergoline was ranked 1056th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 316 items, down 13.9% on a year earlier.

316items -13.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

3,368items

Rolling 12 months

£26,131

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Cabergoline: national items dispensed by month

0 272.5 545 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 132 Jan 2021: 545 Feb 2021: 443 Mar 2021: 458 Apr 2021: 440 May 2021: 402 Jun 2021: 515 Jul 2021: 467 Aug 2021: 460 Sep 2021: 411 Oct 2021: 439 Nov 2021: 441 Dec 2021: 446 Jan 2022: 411 Feb 2022: 421 Mar 2022: 468 Apr 2022: 379 May 2022: 450 Jun 2022: 402 Jul 2022: 430 Aug 2022: 426 Sep 2022: 417 Oct 2022: 404 Nov 2022: 410 Dec 2022: 410 Jan 2023: 452 Feb 2023: 384 Mar 2023: 472 Apr 2023: 389 May 2023: 405 Jun 2023: 407 Jul 2023: 429 Aug 2023: 432 Sep 2023: 414 Oct 2023: 426 Nov 2023: 449 Dec 2023: 422 Jan 2024: 438 Feb 2024: 385 Mar 2024: 423 Apr 2024: 383 May 2024: 422 Jun 2024: 377 Jul 2024: 391 Aug 2024: 383 Sep 2024: 382 Oct 2024: 415 Nov 2024: 376 Dec 2024: 344 Jan 2025: 429 Feb 2025: 329 Mar 2025: 377 Apr 2025: 328 May 2025: 367 Jun 2025: 333 Jul 2025: 391 Aug 2025: 321 Sep 2025: 339 Oct 2025: 352 Nov 2025: 328 Dec 2025: 372 Jan 2026: 328 Feb 2026: 334 Mar 2026: 387 Apr 2026: 291 May 2026: 316 Jun 2026: 311 Jul 2026: 132

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £82.69
  • Year on year Down 13.9% 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 Cabergoline this month.

Presentations of Cabergoline, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Cabergoline 1mg tablets 0409010U0AAAAAA 288 £22,660
Cabergoline 2mg tablets 0409010U0AAABAB 26 £3,140
Cabaser 1mg tablets 0409010U0BBAAAA 1 £83
Cabaser 2mg tablets 0409010U0BBABAB 1 £249

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

Where Cabergoline is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Cabergoline volumes.

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

Compare Cabergoline with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Cabergoline 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.