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Carbomer

Eye Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations BNF 1108030AA
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Carbomer was ranked 1147th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 175 items, down 22.6% on a year earlier.

175items -22.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,007items

Rolling 12 months

£1,585

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Carbomer: national items dispensed by month

0 622 1k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2026 144 Jan 2021: 1k Feb 2021: 1k Mar 2021: 1k Apr 2021: 1k May 2021: 1k Jun 2021: 1k Jul 2021: 1k Aug 2021: 1k Sep 2021: 1k Oct 2021: 1k Nov 2021: 1k Dec 2021: 1k Jan 2022: 1k Feb 2022: 970 Mar 2022: 1k Apr 2022: 963 May 2022: 963 Jun 2022: 891 Jul 2022: 616 Aug 2022: 581 Sep 2022: 557 Oct 2022: 520 Nov 2022: 564 Dec 2022: 482 Jan 2023: 512 Feb 2023: 438 Mar 2023: 461 Apr 2023: 441 May 2023: 450 Jun 2023: 472 Jul 2023: 426 Aug 2023: 432 Sep 2023: 409 Oct 2023: 414 Nov 2023: 406 Dec 2023: 384 Jan 2024: 379 Feb 2024: 41 Mar 2024: 120 Apr 2024: 239 May 2024: 355 Jun 2024: 242 Jul 2024: 295 Aug 2024: 395 Sep 2024: 282 Oct 2024: 295 Nov 2024: 241 Dec 2024: 333 Jan 2025: 187 Feb 2025: 225 Mar 2025: 224 Apr 2025: 174 May 2025: 226 Jun 2025: 286 Jul 2025: 216 Aug 2025: 200 Sep 2025: 222 Oct 2025: 189 Nov 2025: 197 Dec 2025: 207 Jan 2026: 231 Feb 2026: 200 Mar 2026: 185 Apr 2026: 201 May 2026: 175 Jun 2026: 144

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £9.06
  • Year on year Down 22.6% 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 Carbomer this month.

Presentations of Carbomer, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Blephagel 0.36% eye gel preservative free 1108030AABBABAB 175 £1,585

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

Where Carbomer is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Carbomer volumes.

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

Compare Carbomer with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Carbomer 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.