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Diphenhydramine hydrochloride

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

Diphenhydramine hydrochloride was ranked 1679th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 2 items, down 33.3% on a year earlier.

2items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£8

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

24items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Diphenhydramine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

2

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 Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, by items this month.

Presentations of Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Benylin Chesty Coughs Original oral solution 1 £5
Benylin Children's Night Coughs oral solution 1 £3

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