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Eplerenone

Cardiovascular System Diuretics BNF 0202030X0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Eplerenone was ranked 124th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 181,173 items, up 10.8% on a year earlier.

181,173items +10.8%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,757,825items

Rolling 12 months

£432,312

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Eplerenone: national items dispensed by month

0 101k 201k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 201,250 Jan 2021: 78k Feb 2021: 74k Mar 2021: 83k Apr 2021: 82k May 2021: 81k Jun 2021: 85k Jul 2021: 86k Aug 2021: 83k Sep 2021: 88k Oct 2021: 85k Nov 2021: 90k Dec 2021: 95k Jan 2022: 90k Feb 2022: 86k Mar 2022: 97k Apr 2022: 94k May 2022: 98k Jun 2022: 97k Jul 2022: 98k Aug 2022: 103k Sep 2022: 103k Oct 2022: 103k Nov 2022: 106k Dec 2022: 109k Jan 2023: 109k Feb 2023: 102k Mar 2023: 117k Apr 2023: 107k May 2023: 116k Jun 2023: 119k Jul 2023: 117k Aug 2023: 122k Sep 2023: 123k Oct 2023: 125k Nov 2023: 126k Dec 2023: 129k Jan 2024: 133k Feb 2024: 127k Mar 2024: 130k Apr 2024: 136k May 2024: 141k Jun 2024: 134k Jul 2024: 147k Aug 2024: 144k Sep 2024: 142k Oct 2024: 152k Nov 2024: 147k Dec 2024: 154k Jan 2025: 157k Feb 2025: 143k Mar 2025: 153k Apr 2025: 157k May 2025: 164k Jun 2025: 160k Jul 2025: 173k Aug 2025: 163k Sep 2025: 171k Oct 2025: 177k Nov 2025: 167k Dec 2025: 186k Jan 2026: 179k Feb 2026: 167k Mar 2026: 184k Apr 2026: 183k May 2026: 181k Jun 2026: 191k Jul 2026: 201k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Diuretics
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.39
  • Year on year Up 10.8% 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 Eplerenone this month.

Presentations of Eplerenone, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Eplerenone 25mg tablets 0202030X0AAAAAA 163,128 £348,956
Eplerenone 50mg tablets 0202030X0AAABAB 17,794 £72,803
Inspra 25mg tablets 0202030X0BBAAAA 229 £9,183
Inspra 50mg tablets 0202030X0BBABAB 22 £1,370

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

Where Eplerenone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Eplerenone volumes.

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

Compare Eplerenone with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Eplerenone 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.