Medicines
Respiratory System
Mucolytics
Mecysteine hydrochloride

Mecysteine hydrochloride

Respiratory System Mucolytics BNF 0307000L0

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Dispensed in June 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£42

Net ingredient cost · June 2025

Figure 1. Mecysteine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to June 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Mucolytics
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Average cost / item £42.36

What this is

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

Where Mecysteine hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Mecysteine hydrochloride volumes.

Top regions

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Mecysteine hydrochloride with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Mecysteine hydrochloride 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.