Memantine hydrochloride
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs for dementia
Memantine hydrochloride was ranked 119th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 206,334 items, up 11.4% on a year earlier.
206,334items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£633,204
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
2,394,901items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Memantine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
Embed this chart
Top presentations, March 2026
The individual products dispensed under Memantine hydrochloride, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 113,140 | £134,131 |
| Memantine 10mg tablets | 76,585 | £73,703 |
| Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 8,072 | £82,018 |
| Memantine 20mg orodispersible tablets sugar free | 3,264 | £151,442 |
| Memantine 5mg/10mg/15mg/20mg tabs treatment initiation pack | 1,722 | £117,519 |
| Valios 5mg orodispersible tablets sugar free | 1,719 | £22,541 |
| Memantine 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free | 1,641 | £42,217 |
| Ebixa 5mg/0.5ml pump actuation oral solution | 54 | £4,374 |
| Ebixa 20mg tablets | 48 | £2,208 |
| Ebixa 10mg tablets | 32 | £701 |
| Valios 20mg orodispersible tablets sugar free | 23 | £1,128 |
| Ebixa tablets treatment initiation pack | 18 | £819 |
| Valios 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free | 9 | £175 |
| Valios 5mg/10mg/15mg/20mg orodis tablets initiation pack | 5 | £156 |
| Alzhok 10mg soluble tablets | 1 | £13 |
Compare Memantine hydrochloride with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.