Medicines
Central Nervous System
Analgesics
Naratriptan hydrochloride

Naratriptan hydrochloride

Name: Naratriptan hydrochloride NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Central Nervous System Analgesics BNF 0407041M0

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Naratriptan hydrochloride was ranked 478th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 11,058 items, down 3.5% on a year earlier.

11,058items -3.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

111,805items

Rolling 12 months

£33,500

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Naratriptan hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Analgesics
Presentations 2 shown
Average cost / item £3.03
Year on year Down 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.

Where Naratriptan hydrochloride is dispensed

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

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Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Naratriptan hydrochloride with

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

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The monthly series for Naratriptan 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.

Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Naratriptan 2.5mg tablets	0407041M0AAAAAA	10,797	£21,962
Naramig 2.5mg tablets	0407041M0BBAAAA	261	£11,539