Medicines
Ear, Nose and Oropharynx
Drugs acting on the oropharynx
Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium

Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium

Ear, Nose and Oropharynx Drugs acting on the oropharynx BNF 1203010V0

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Dispensed in December 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£3

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs acting on the oropharynx
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Average cost / item £2.72

What this is

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

Where Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium volumes.

Top regions

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium with

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

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The monthly series for Lidocaine/cetylpyridinium 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.