Medicines
Central Nervous System
CNS stimulants and drugs used for ADHD
Caffeine citrate

Caffeine citrate

Central Nervous System CNS stimulants and drugs used for ADHD BNF 0404000E0

Data updated June 2025 Download CSV

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Dispensed in June 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£4

Net ingredient cost · June 2025

Figure 1. Caffeine citrate: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to June 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class CNS stimulants and drugs used for ADHD
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Average cost / item £3.90

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Caffeine citrate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Caffeine citrate volumes.

Top regions

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Caffeine citrate with

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

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The monthly series for Caffeine citrate 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.