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Nasal Products

Appliances Nasal Products BNF 2124
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Nasal Products was ranked 333rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 30,296 items, down 1.7% on a year earlier.

30,296items -1.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

309,778items

Rolling 12 months

£124,833

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Nasal Products: national items dispensed by month

0 17k 35k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 27,613 Jan 2021: 24k Feb 2021: 23k Mar 2021: 27k Apr 2021: 28k May 2021: 28k Jun 2021: 31k Jul 2021: 29k Aug 2021: 26k Sep 2021: 29k Oct 2021: 31k Nov 2021: 32k Dec 2021: 33k Jan 2022: 29k Feb 2022: 28k Mar 2022: 33k Apr 2022: 29k May 2022: 30k Jun 2022: 29k Jul 2022: 29k Aug 2022: 26k Sep 2022: 27k Oct 2022: 29k Nov 2022: 32k Dec 2022: 32k Jan 2023: 29k Feb 2023: 25k Mar 2023: 26k Apr 2023: 23k May 2023: 28k Jun 2023: 29k Jul 2023: 27k Aug 2023: 25k Sep 2023: 26k Oct 2023: 30k Nov 2023: 32k Dec 2023: 31k Jan 2024: 31k Feb 2024: 30k Mar 2024: 31k Apr 2024: 31k May 2024: 31k Jun 2024: 29k Jul 2024: 30k Aug 2024: 26k Sep 2024: 28k Oct 2024: 32k Nov 2024: 32k Dec 2024: 33k Jan 2025: 32k Feb 2025: 30k Mar 2025: 32k Apr 2025: 31k May 2025: 31k Jun 2025: 29k Jul 2025: 29k Aug 2025: 25k Sep 2025: 29k Oct 2025: 32k Nov 2025: 30k Dec 2025: 35k Jan 2026: 33k Feb 2026: 31k Mar 2026: 34k Apr 2026: 31k May 2026: 30k Jun 2026: 31k Jul 2026: 28k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Nasal Products
  • Presentations 14 shown
  • Average cost / item £4.12
  • Year on year Down 1.7% 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 Nasal Products this month.

Presentations of Nasal Products, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Sterimar 31.8% isotonic nasal spray 21240000160 19,978 £94,800
Sterimar 75% hypertonic nasal spray 21240000161 3,230 £14,323
Sodium chloride 0.9% nasal drops (Almus) 21240000120 1,909 £2,391
Sterimar Kids 60% hypertonic nasal spray 21240000163 1,623 £5,499
Sterimar Baby 31.8% isotonic nasal spray 21240000162 1,423 £4,471
Sodium chloride 0.9% nasal drops (RX Farma) 21240000110 673 £912
AactiNose 0.9% nasal drops 21240000197 601 £788
AactiNose nasal spray 21240000198 440 £872
Mandanol 0.9% nasal drops 21240000105 201 £264
Sodium chloride 0.9% nasal drops (Orbis) 21240000100 142 £165
Nozoil nasal spray 21240000115 52 £254
Sodium chloride 0.9% nasal drops (Zuche Pharmaceuticals Ltd) 21240000199 15 £15
NoseFrida nasal aspirator 21240000196 5 £17
Glycerdex 25% nasal drops 21240000180 4 £60

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

Where Nasal Products is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Nasal Products volumes.

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Nasal Products 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.