Medicines
Central Nervous System
Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
Levodopa

Levodopa

Central Nervous System Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders BNF 0409010I0

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Levodopa was ranked 1757th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 1 items.

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Dispensed in May 2026

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Rolling 12 months

£414

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Levodopa: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
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Average cost / item £413.95

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Levodopa is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Levodopa volumes.

Top regions

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Levodopa with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Levodopa 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.