Medicines
Gastro-Intestinal System
Laxatives
Methylcellulose

Methylcellulose

Gastro-Intestinal System Laxatives BNF 0106010H0

Data updated December 2025 Download CSV

1items

Dispensed in December 2025

11items

Rolling 12 months

£3

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Methylcellulose: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Laxatives
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £3.22

What this is

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

Where Methylcellulose is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Methylcellulose volumes.

Top regions

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Methylcellulose with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Methylcellulose 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.