Finasteride

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Sex Hormones

Data updated March 2026

Finasteride was ranked 68th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 381,817 items, up 4.2% on a year earlier.

381,817items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£366,756

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

4,519,651items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Finasteride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Finasteride, by items this month.

Presentations of Finasteride, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Finasteride 5mg tablets	381,700	£357,696
Finasteride 5mg/5ml oral suspension	60	£7,952
Proscar 5mg tablets	57	£1,107

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