Lithium carbonate

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders

Data updated March 2026

Lithium carbonate was ranked 216th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 69,807 items, up 5.4% on a year earlier.

69,807items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£477,419

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

827,389items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Lithium carbonate: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Lithium carbonate, by items this month.

Presentations of Lithium carbonate, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Priadel 400mg modified-release tablets	35,570	£220,414
Priadel 200mg modified-release tablets	29,641	£163,188
Lithium carbonate 400mg modified-release tablets	2,370	£15,278
Camcolit 400 modified-release tablets	1,209	£23,376
Lithium carbonate 250mg tablets	703	£52,380
Liskonum 450mg modified-release tablets	313	£2,617
Camcolit 250 tablets	1	£167

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