Medicines
Cardiovascular System
Lipid-regulating drugs
Nicotinic acid

Nicotinic acid

Cardiovascular System Lipid-regulating drugs BNF 0212000U0

Data updated January 2025 Download CSV

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Dispensed in January 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£61

Net ingredient cost · January 2025

Figure 1. Nicotinic acid: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to January 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Lipid-regulating drugs
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Average cost / item £61.07

What this is

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

Where Nicotinic acid is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Nicotinic acid volumes.

Top regions

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Nicotinic acid with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Nicotinic acid 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.