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Depigmenting agents

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Miscellaneous topical preparations
Data updated March 2026

Depigmenting agents was ranked 1353rd of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 38 items, down 56.8% on a year earlier.

38items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£6,373

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

872items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Depigmenting agents: national items dispensed by month

38

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Depigmenting agents, by items this month.

Presentations of Depigmenting agents, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Hydroquinone 4% cream 21 £885
Pigmanorm cream 16 £3,593
Hydrocortisone 1% / Tretinoin 0.1% / Hydroquinone 5% cream 1 £1,895

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