Magnesium carbonate

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Dyspepsia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Data updated March 2026

Magnesium carbonate was ranked 1369th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 34 items, down 12.8% on a year earlier.

34items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£4,619

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

471items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Magnesium carbonate: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, March 2026

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

Presentations of Magnesium carbonate, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Magnesite 500mg capsules	17	£2,274
AactiMag heavy 500mg capsules	12	£1,717
AdMag heavy 500mg capsules	4	£553
Magnesium carbonate heavy 500mg capsules	1	£75

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