Glycerol
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Cough preparations
Glycerol was ranked 1421st of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 21 items, down 4.5% on a year earlier.
21items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£79
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
210items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Glycerol: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.
Top presentations, March 2026
The individual products dispensed under Glycerol, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Covonia Dry & Tickly Cough linctus | 8 | £29 |
| CalCough Infant 750microlitres/5ml syrup | 5 | £22 |
| Benylin Dry & Tickly Cough syrup | 4 | £16 |
| Lemsip Cough for Dry Cough & Sore Throat oral solution | 1 | £3 |
| Tixylix Children's syrup | 1 | £3 |
| Benylin Infant's Cough syrup | 1 | £3 |
| CalCough Children's syrup | 1 | £3 |
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