Methadone hydrochloride
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs used in substance dependence
Methadone hydrochloride was ranked 147th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 146,262 items, down 0.6% on a year earlier.
146,262items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£934,183
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
1,793,212items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Methadone hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Methadone hydrochloride, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Methadone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 63,487 | £299,921 |
| Physeptone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 56,338 | £465,731 |
| Methadone 1mg/ml oral solution | 16,539 | £83,345 |
| Physeptone 1mg/ml mixture | 9,781 | £83,575 |
| Methadose 10mg/ml oral solution concentrate | 109 | £1,504 |
| Metharose 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 7 | £101 |
| Methadone 50mg/5ml oral liquid | 1 | £6 |
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