Glycerol
Glycerol was ranked 1510th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 10 items, down 37.5% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Glycerol: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Cough preparations
- Presentations 4 shown
- Average cost / item £5.54
- Year on year Down 37.5% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Glycerol this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benylin Dry & Tickly Cough syrup | 0309020H0BLAFAI | 4 | £18 |
| Benylin Infant's Cough syrup | 0309020H0BLADAH | 3 | £9 |
| CalCough Infant 750microlitres/5ml syrup | 0309020H0BMABAH | 2 | £25 |
| Covonia Dry & Tickly Cough linctus | 0309020H0BNAAAJ | 1 | £4 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Glycerol is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Glycerol volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Glycerol with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
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The monthly series for Glycerol 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.