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Fluconazole

Infections Antifungal drugs BNF 0502010B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Fluconazole was ranked 270th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 43,560 items, down 23.2% on a year earlier.

43,560items -23.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

424,728items

Rolling 12 months

£172,505

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Fluconazole: national items dispensed by month

0 28k 57k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 52,021 Jan 2021: 42k Feb 2021: 40k Mar 2021: 46k Apr 2021: 41k May 2021: 39k Jun 2021: 41k Jul 2021: 43k Aug 2021: 41k Sep 2021: 43k Oct 2021: 42k Nov 2021: 44k Dec 2021: 43k Jan 2022: 42k Feb 2022: 39k Mar 2022: 45k Apr 2022: 40k May 2022: 43k Jun 2022: 42k Jul 2022: 43k Aug 2022: 44k Sep 2022: 44k Oct 2022: 44k Nov 2022: 46k Dec 2022: 42k Jan 2023: 46k Feb 2023: 42k Mar 2023: 48k Apr 2023: 41k May 2023: 46k Jun 2023: 47k Jul 2023: 47k Aug 2023: 48k Sep 2023: 47k Oct 2023: 49k Nov 2023: 48k Dec 2023: 46k Jan 2024: 49k Feb 2024: 47k Mar 2024: 47k Apr 2024: 50k May 2024: 51k Jun 2024: 48k Jul 2024: 52k Aug 2024: 51k Sep 2024: 50k Oct 2024: 53k Nov 2024: 50k Dec 2024: 48k Jan 2025: 51k Feb 2025: 45k Mar 2025: 48k Apr 2025: 46k May 2025: 57k Jun 2025: 54k Jul 2025: 57k Aug 2025: 50k Sep 2025: 53k Oct 2025: 54k Nov 2025: 48k Dec 2025: 49k Jan 2026: 47k Feb 2026: 43k Mar 2026: 47k Apr 2026: 45k May 2026: 44k Jun 2026: 47k Jul 2026: 52k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antifungal drugs
  • Presentations 11 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.96
  • Year on year Down 23.2% 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.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Fluconazole this month.

Presentations of Fluconazole, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Fluconazole 150mg capsules 0502010B0AAABAB 27,947 £80,121
Fluconazole 50mg capsules 0502010B0AAAAAA 12,843 £21,185
Fluconazole 200mg capsules 0502010B0AAACAC 1,943 £12,215
Fluconazole 50mg/5ml oral suspension 0502010B0AAAGAG 660 £41,275
Diflucan 200mg/5ml oral suspension 0502010B0BBAHAH 118 £14,480
Diflucan 50mg/5ml oral suspension 0502010B0BBAGAG 21 £598
Diflucan 150mg capsules 0502010B0BBABAB 12 £534
Diflucan 50mg capsules 0502010B0BBAAAA 9 £432
Canesten Thrush Oral 150mg capsules 0502010B0BDAAAB 5 £118
Fluconazole 200mg/100ml infusion bags 0502010B0AAAKAK 1 £1,480
Diflucan 200mg capsules 0502010B0BBACAC 1 £66

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

Where Fluconazole is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Fluconazole volumes.

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

Compare Fluconazole with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Fluconazole 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.