Hydrocortisone
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Corticosteroids (endocrine)
Hydrocortisone was ranked 263rd of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 48,329 items, up 9.4% on a year earlier.
48,329items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£1,167,229
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
557,750items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Hydrocortisone: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Hydrocortisone, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocortisone 10mg tablets | 36,686 | £121,868 |
| Hydrocortisone 5mg tablets | 6,793 | £319,755 |
| Hydrocortisone 2.5mg tablets | 1,507 | £157,750 |
| Hydrocortisone 20mg tablets | 940 | £4,324 |
| Hydrocortisone 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 408 | £152,279 |
| Hydventia 10mg tablets | 348 | £7,685 |
| Alkindi 1mg granules in capsules for opening | 204 | £32,805 |
| Alkindi 2mg granules in capsules for opening | 171 | £54,810 |
| Hydrocortisone 5mg/5ml oral suspension | 168 | £88,841 |
| Hydrocortisone 10mg soluble tablets sugar free | 153 | £11,775 |
| Hydrocortisone 15mg tablets | 145 | £6,180 |
| Plenadren 5mg modified-release tablets | 139 | £47,074 |
| Hydrocortisone 10mg dispersible tablets sugar free | 113 | £8,049 |
| Plenadren 20mg modified-release tablets | 108 | £31,576 |
| Efmody 10mg modified-release capsules | 105 | £38,225 |
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