Mirtazapine
Mirtazapine was the 18th most-dispensed medicine in England in May 2026, with 1,137,415 items, little changed on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Mirtazapine: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Antidepressant drugs
- Presentations 8 shown
- Average cost / item £1.07
- Year on year Little changed on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Mirtazapine this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 0403040X0AAANAN | 461,120 | £488,731 |
| Mirtazapine 30mg tablets | 0403040X0AAAAAA | 331,305 | £270,094 |
| Mirtazapine 45mg tablets | 0403040X0AAAPAP | 305,809 | £286,399 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg orodispersible tablets | 0403040X0AAALAL | 14,680 | £23,622 |
| Mirtazapine 30mg orodispersible tablets | 0403040X0AAAJAJ | 12,437 | £19,317 |
| Mirtazapine 45mg orodispersible tablets | 0403040X0AAAMAM | 11,374 | £17,598 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 0403040X0AAAGAG | 689 | £112,477 |
| Mirtazapine 75mg/5ml oral suspension | 0403040X0AAAFAF | 1 | £4 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Mirtazapine is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Mirtazapine volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Modality Partnership (awc) 18,482
- James Street Group Pract 12,918
- Lancaster Medical Practice 11,195
- Granta Medical Practices 7,298
- Hereford Medical Group 7,281
- Mendip Vale Medical Practice 7,269
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Mirtazapine with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Mirtazapine 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.