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Memantine hydrochloride

Central Nervous System Drugs for dementia BNF 0411000G0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Memantine hydrochloride was ranked 119th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 201,179 items, up 3.5% on a year earlier.

201,179items +3.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,023,892items

Rolling 12 months

£604,964

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Memantine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

0 223k 445k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 445,022 Jan 2021: 126k Feb 2021: 118k Mar 2021: 132k Apr 2021: 130k May 2021: 127k Jun 2021: 133k Jul 2021: 136k Aug 2021: 133k Sep 2021: 137k Oct 2021: 132k Nov 2021: 138k Dec 2021: 144k Jan 2022: 138k Feb 2022: 130k Mar 2022: 145k Apr 2022: 140k May 2022: 146k Jun 2022: 142k Jul 2022: 143k Aug 2022: 150k Sep 2022: 146k Oct 2022: 148k Nov 2022: 153k Dec 2022: 152k Jan 2023: 153k Feb 2023: 141k Mar 2023: 161k Apr 2023: 146k May 2023: 158k Jun 2023: 161k Jul 2023: 159k Aug 2023: 165k Sep 2023: 162k Oct 2023: 168k Nov 2023: 171k Dec 2023: 170k Jan 2024: 176k Feb 2024: 167k Mar 2024: 168k Apr 2024: 177k May 2024: 180k Jun 2024: 172k Jul 2024: 190k Aug 2024: 182k Sep 2024: 179k Oct 2024: 191k Nov 2024: 187k Dec 2024: 193k Jan 2025: 197k Feb 2025: 177k Mar 2025: 185k Apr 2025: 189k May 2025: 194k Jun 2025: 192k Jul 2025: 205k Aug 2025: 190k Sep 2025: 202k Oct 2025: 209k Nov 2025: 195k Dec 2025: 215k Jan 2026: 206k Feb 2026: 191k Mar 2026: 206k Apr 2026: 209k May 2026: 201k Jun 2026: 213k Jul 2026: 445k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs for dementia
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.01
  • Year on year Up 3.5% on a year earlier
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Memantine hydrochloride this month.

Presentations of Memantine hydrochloride, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Memantine 20mg tablets 0411000G0AAADAD 110,595 £126,831
Memantine 10mg tablets 0411000G0AAAAAA 73,958 £66,729
Memantine 10mg/ml oral solution sugar free 0411000G0AAABAB 8,257 £79,924
Memantine 20mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 0411000G0AAAGAG 3,294 £153,725
Valios 5mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 0411000G0BFADAK 1,753 £22,546
Memantine 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 0411000G0AAAFAF 1,613 £41,814
Memantine 5mg/10mg/15mg/20mg tabs treatment initiation pack 0411000G0AAAEAE 1,547 £104,507
Valios 20mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 0411000G0BFABAG 18 £728
Valios 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 0411000G0BFAAAF 12 £312
Ebixa 5mg/0.5ml pump actuation oral solution 0411000G0BBABAB 60 £4,929
Ebixa 20mg tablets 0411000G0BBACAD 33 £1,673
Ebixa 10mg tablets 0411000G0BBAAAA 26 £727
Ebixa tablets treatment initiation pack 0411000G0BBADAE 10 £431
Valios 5mg/10mg/15mg/20mg orodis tablets initiation pack 0411000G0BFACAJ 2 £62
Alzhok 10mg soluble tablets 0411000G0BGAAAH 1 £25

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Memantine hydrochloride is dispensed

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

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

Compare Memantine hydrochloride with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Memantine 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.