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Nystatin

Skin Anti-infective skin preparations BNF 1310020U0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Nystatin was ranked 1026th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 384 items, down 24.9% on a year earlier.

384items -24.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

4,017items

Rolling 12 months

£7,790

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Nystatin: national items dispensed by month

0 406 812 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 812 Jan 2021: 187 Feb 2021: 172 Mar 2021: 186 Apr 2021: 195 May 2021: 183 Jun 2021: 200 Jul 2021: 172 Aug 2021: 168 Sep 2021: 170 Oct 2021: 177 Nov 2021: 192 Dec 2021: 161 Jan 2022: 168 Feb 2022: 172 Mar 2022: 172 Apr 2022: 138 May 2022: 164 Jun 2022: 165 Jul 2022: 135 Aug 2022: 103 Sep 2022: 128 Oct 2022: 164 Nov 2022: 166 Dec 2022: 163 Jan 2023: 141 Feb 2023: 170 Mar 2023: 150 Apr 2023: 135 May 2023: 163 Jun 2023: 172 Jul 2023: 155 Aug 2023: 182 Sep 2023: 169 Oct 2023: 200 Nov 2023: 174 Dec 2023: 168 Jan 2024: 159 Feb 2024: 137 Mar 2024: 165 Apr 2024: 172 May 2024: 199 Jun 2024: 235 Jul 2024: 307 Aug 2024: 351 Sep 2024: 291 Oct 2024: 375 Nov 2024: 501 Dec 2024: 384 Jan 2025: 333 Feb 2025: 332 Mar 2025: 389 Apr 2025: 435 May 2025: 511 Jun 2025: 497 Jul 2025: 437 Aug 2025: 394 Sep 2025: 452 Oct 2025: 432 Nov 2025: 405 Dec 2025: 388 Jan 2026: 399 Feb 2026: 331 Mar 2026: 409 Apr 2026: 423 May 2026: 384 Jun 2026: 485 Jul 2026: 812

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Anti-infective skin preparations
  • Presentations 3 shown
  • Average cost / item £20.29
  • Year on year Down 24.9% 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 Nystatin this month.

Presentations of Nystatin, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Nystaform cream 1310020U0BCAAAE 268 £2,974
Nystatin 100,000units/g / Chlorhexidine hydrochloride 1% crm 1310020U0AAAEAE 109 £1,169
Nystatin 100,000units/g cream 1310020U0AAAAAA 7 £3,648

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

Where Nystatin is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Nystatin volumes.

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

Compare Nystatin with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Nystatin 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.