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Febuxostat

Musculoskeletal and Joint Diseases Drugs used in rheumatic diseases and gout BNF 1001040V0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Febuxostat was ranked 400th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 19,263 items, up 10.7% on a year earlier.

19,263items +10.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

191,548items

Rolling 12 months

£86,632

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Febuxostat: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in rheumatic diseases and gout
  • Presentations 5 shown
  • Average cost / item £4.50
  • Year on year Up 10.7% 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 Febuxostat this month.

Presentations of Febuxostat, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Febuxostat 80mg tablets 1001040V0AAAAAA 16,127 £63,053
Febuxostat 120mg tablets 1001040V0AAABAB 2,839 £15,137
Adenuric 80mg tablets 1001040V0BBAAAA 262 £7,345
Adenuric 120mg tablets 1001040V0BBABAB 33 £914
Elstabya 80mg tablets 1001040V0BCAAAA 2 £184

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

Where Febuxostat is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Febuxostat volumes.

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

Compare Febuxostat with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Febuxostat 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.