Medicines
Nutrition and Blood
Metabolic disorders
Cholesterol

Cholesterol

Nutrition and Blood Metabolic disorders BNF 0908010D0

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Cholesterol was ranked 1735th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 1 items.

1items

Dispensed in May 2026

9items

Rolling 12 months

£2,664

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Cholesterol: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Metabolic disorders
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £2,664.48

What this is

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

Where Cholesterol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Cholesterol volumes.

Top regions

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Cholesterol with

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

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The monthly series for Cholesterol 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.