Candesartan cilexetil
Candesartan cilexetil was ranked 30th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 756,131 items, up 1.1% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Candesartan cilexetil: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Hypertension and heart failure
- Presentations 11 shown
- Average cost / item £2.38
- Year on year Up 1.1% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Candesartan cilexetil this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candesartan 8mg tablets | 0205052C0AAACAC | 231,965 | £347,976 |
| Candesartan 4mg tablets | 0205052C0AAABAB | 190,885 | £725,395 |
| Candesartan 16mg tablets | 0205052C0AAADAD | 165,356 | £200,213 |
| Candesartan 32mg tablets | 0205052C0AAAHAH | 89,381 | £173,204 |
| Candesartan 2mg tablets | 0205052C0AAAAAA | 75,888 | £307,296 |
| Amias 16mg tablets | 0205052C0BBADAD | 738 | £15,169 |
| Amias 8mg tablets | 0205052C0BBACAC | 733 | £11,218 |
| Amias 4mg tablets | 0205052C0BBABAB | 689 | £10,422 |
| Amias 32mg tablets | 0205052C0BBAEAH | 316 | £6,875 |
| Amias 2mg tablets | 0205052C0BBAAAA | 179 | £3,475 |
| Candesartan 4mg/5ml oral liquid | 0205052C0AAAIAI | 1 | £763 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Candesartan cilexetil is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Candesartan cilexetil volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Health Care First Partnership 15,815
- Holt Medical Practice 13,631
- James Street Group Pract 12,931
- Granta Medical Practices 12,849
- Litcham Health Centre 12,027
- Vida Healthcare 10,556
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Candesartan cilexetil with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Candesartan cilexetil 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.