Medicines
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders
Contraceptives
Drospirenone and Estetrol

Drospirenone and Estetrol

Name: Drospirenone and Estetrol NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders Contraceptives BNF 0703010T0

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Drospirenone and Estetrol was ranked 1178th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 136 items, up 46.2% on a year earlier.

136items +46.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,260items

Rolling 12 months

£4,025

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Drospirenone and Estetrol: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Contraceptives
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £29.59
Year on year Up 46.2% 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.

Where Drospirenone and Estetrol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Drospirenone and Estetrol volumes.

Top regions

Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Drospirenone and Estetrol with

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

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The monthly series for Drospirenone and Estetrol 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.