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Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites)

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Cytotoxic drugs BNF 0801030H0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) was ranked 420th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 16,680 items, up 527.5% on a year earlier.

16,680items +527.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

115,225items

Rolling 12 months

£512,708

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites): national items dispensed by month

0 13k 27k Aug 2024 Dec 2024 Apr 2025 Aug 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 26,834 Aug 2024: 3 Sep 2024: 13 Oct 2024: 60 Nov 2024: 133 Dec 2024: 174 Jan 2025: 407 Feb 2025: 668 Mar 2025: 1k Apr 2025: 2k May 2025: 3k Jun 2025: 4k Jul 2025: 6k Aug 2025: 4k Sep 2025: 7k Oct 2025: 8k Nov 2025: 7k Dec 2025: 8k Jan 2026: 11k Feb 2026: 15k Mar 2026: 20k Apr 2026: 19k May 2026: 17k Jun 2026: 19k Jul 2026: 27k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Cytotoxic drugs
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £30.74
  • Year on year Up 527.5% 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 Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) this month.

Presentations of Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Tolak 40mg/g cream 0801030H0BGAABL 16,680 £512,708

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

Where Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) volumes.

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

Compare Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Fluorouracil (Antimetabolites) 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.