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Carbimazole

Endocrine System Thyroid and antithyroid drugs BNF 0602020D0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Carbimazole was ranked 219th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 65,721 items, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

65,721items -0.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

660,855items

Rolling 12 months

£192,376

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Carbimazole: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Thyroid and antithyroid drugs
  • Presentations 7 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.93
  • Year on year Down 0.6% 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 Carbimazole this month.

Presentations of Carbimazole, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Carbimazole 5mg tablets 0602020D0AAAAAA 53,585 £37,229
Carbimazole 20mg tablets 0602020D0AAABAB 8,485 £6,740
Carbimazole 10mg tablets 0602020D0AAAYAY 3,108 £81,654
Carbimazole 15mg tablets 0602020D0AAAZAZ 489 £58,796
Carbimazole 10mg/5ml oral suspension 0602020D0AAAWAW 46 £2,888
Carbimazole 2.5mg/ml oral solution sugar free 0602020D0AABABA 5 £2,937
Carbimazole 5mg/5ml oral liquid 0602020D0AAAKAK 3 £2,131

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

Where Carbimazole is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Carbimazole volumes.

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

Compare Carbimazole with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Carbimazole 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.