Macrogol 3350

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Laxatives

Data updated March 2026

Macrogol 3350 was ranked 36th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 676,391 items, up 9.2% on a year earlier.

676,391items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£7,068,000

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

7,771,001items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Macrogol 3350: 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 Macrogol 3350, by items this month.

Presentations of Macrogol 3350, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Macrogol compound oral powder sachets NPF sugar free	240,069	£2,483,844
Laxido Orange oral powder sachets sugar free	233,462	£2,213,660
Movicol Paediatric Plain oral powder 6.9g sachets	48,867	£392,278
CosmoCol Orange Flavour oral powder sachets	29,163	£299,139
Laxido Paediatric Plain oral powder 6.9g sachets	29,049	£237,602
CosmoCol Paediatric oral powder 6.9g sachets	16,255	£113,768
Movicol oral powder 13.7g sachets lemon & lime	14,755	£236,697
CosmoCol Plain oral powder sachets	14,226	£154,836
CosmoCol Lemon and Lime Flavour oral powder sachets	13,230	£138,994
CosmoCol Orange Lemon and Lime oral powder sachets	11,573	£119,125
Movicol Plain oral powder 13.7g sachets	10,895	£184,520
Movicol Paediatric Chocolate oral powder 6.8g sachets	3,840	£30,071
Macrogol compound half-strength oral pdr sach NPF sugar free	2,766	£19,277
Movicol-Half oral powder 6.9g sachets	1,657	£14,225
Strigol oral powder 13.72g sachets orange	1,652	£13,261

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