Medicines
Gastro-Intestinal System
Local preparations for anal and rectal disorders
Nifedipine

Nifedipine

Gastro-Intestinal System Local preparations for anal and rectal disorders BNF 0107040B0

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Dispensed in February 2024

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Rolling 12 months

£299

Net ingredient cost · February 2024

Figure 1. Nifedipine: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to February 2024

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Local preparations for anal and rectal disorders
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Average cost / item £298.56

What this is

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

Where Nifedipine is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Nifedipine volumes.

Top regions

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Nifedipine with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Nifedipine 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.