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Diazoxide

Endocrine System Drugs used in diabetes BNF 0601040E0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Diazoxide was ranked 1114th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 214 items, up 15.1% on a year earlier.

214items +15.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,087items

Rolling 12 months

£31,711

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Diazoxide: national items dispensed by month

0 234.5 469 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 469 Jan 2021: 157 Feb 2021: 162 Mar 2021: 182 Apr 2021: 180 May 2021: 159 Jun 2021: 188 Jul 2021: 196 Aug 2021: 179 Sep 2021: 174 Oct 2021: 142 Nov 2021: 159 Dec 2021: 200 Jan 2022: 171 Feb 2022: 175 Mar 2022: 202 Apr 2022: 183 May 2022: 177 Jun 2022: 193 Jul 2022: 165 Aug 2022: 159 Sep 2022: 141 Oct 2022: 140 Nov 2022: 207 Dec 2022: 181 Jan 2023: 184 Feb 2023: 124 Mar 2023: 134 Apr 2023: 189 May 2023: 201 Jun 2023: 162 Jul 2023: 169 Aug 2023: 197 Sep 2023: 217 Oct 2023: 170 Nov 2023: 176 Dec 2023: 217 Jan 2024: 202 Feb 2024: 193 Mar 2024: 187 Apr 2024: 198 May 2024: 207 Jun 2024: 201 Jul 2024: 215 Aug 2024: 209 Sep 2024: 190 Oct 2024: 186 Nov 2024: 215 Dec 2024: 185 Jan 2025: 210 Feb 2025: 182 Mar 2025: 195 Apr 2025: 183 May 2025: 186 Jun 2025: 214 Jul 2025: 204 Aug 2025: 173 Sep 2025: 195 Oct 2025: 221 Nov 2025: 197 Dec 2025: 219 Jan 2026: 216 Feb 2026: 199 Mar 2026: 218 Apr 2026: 235 May 2026: 214 Jun 2026: 233 Jul 2026: 469

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in diabetes
  • Presentations 5 shown
  • Average cost / item £148.18
  • Year on year Up 15.1% 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 Diazoxide this month.

Presentations of Diazoxide, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Eudemine 50mg tablets 0601040E0BBAAAA 182 £23,443
Diazoxide 250mg/5ml oral suspension 0601040E0AABHBH 15 £5,570
Diazoxide 50mg/5ml oral suspension 0601040E0AABIBI 11 £865
Diazoxide 25mg capsules 0601040E0AAAGAG 4 £1,095
Diazoxide 250mg/5ml oral solution 0601040E0AAAYAY 2 £737

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

Where Diazoxide is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Diazoxide volumes.

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

Compare Diazoxide with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Diazoxide 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.