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Olanzapine

Central Nervous System Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders BNF 040201060
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Olanzapine was ranked 114th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 217,708 items, down 4.5% on a year earlier.

217,708items -4.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,237,972items

Rolling 12 months

£440,809

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Olanzapine: national items dispensed by month

0 118k 237k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 108,298 Jan 2021: 214k Feb 2021: 202k Mar 2021: 227k Apr 2021: 219k May 2021: 208k Jun 2021: 221k Jul 2021: 222k Aug 2021: 212k Sep 2021: 219k Oct 2021: 211k Nov 2021: 218k Dec 2021: 227k Jan 2022: 216k Feb 2022: 202k Mar 2022: 227k Apr 2022: 214k May 2022: 220k Jun 2022: 216k Jul 2022: 215k Aug 2022: 221k Sep 2022: 218k Oct 2022: 217k Nov 2022: 220k Dec 2022: 220k Jan 2023: 221k Feb 2023: 203k Mar 2023: 230k Apr 2023: 207k May 2023: 220k Jun 2023: 224k Jul 2023: 217k Aug 2023: 223k Sep 2023: 217k Oct 2023: 221k Nov 2023: 224k Dec 2023: 221k Jan 2024: 228k Feb 2024: 214k Mar 2024: 217k Apr 2024: 223k May 2024: 228k Jun 2024: 215k Jul 2024: 236k Aug 2024: 224k Sep 2024: 218k Oct 2024: 233k Nov 2024: 222k Dec 2024: 228k Jan 2025: 234k Feb 2025: 208k Mar 2025: 218k Apr 2025: 221k May 2025: 228k Jun 2025: 221k Jul 2025: 235k Aug 2025: 216k Sep 2025: 228k Oct 2025: 234k Nov 2025: 216k Dec 2025: 237k Jan 2026: 228k Feb 2026: 210k Mar 2026: 228k Apr 2026: 224k May 2026: 218k Jun 2026: 227k Jul 2026: 108k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.02
  • Year on year Down 4.5% 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.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Olanzapine this month.

Presentations of Olanzapine, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Olanzapine 10mg tablets 040201060AAACAC 60,786 £99,237
Olanzapine 5mg tablets 040201060AAAAAA 51,477 £76,453
Olanzapine 2.5mg tablets 040201060AAADAD 34,263 £44,551
Olanzapine 20mg tablets 040201060AAAQAQ 26,577 £40,969
Olanzapine 15mg tablets 040201060AAALAL 20,682 £31,617
Olanzapine 7.5mg tablets 040201060AAABAB 13,989 £20,578
Olanzapine 5mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 040201060AAASAS 2,022 £10,204
Olanzapine 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 040201060AAATAT 1,727 £8,967
Olanzapine 20mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 040201060AAAVAV 1,303 £5,824
Olanzapine 5mg orodispersible tablets 040201060AAAWAW 1,144 £7,133
Olanzapine 10mg orodispersible tablets 040201060AAAXAX 1,141 £6,960
Olanzapine 15mg orodispersible tablets sugar free 040201060AAAUAU 855 £11,071
Olanzapine 20mg orodispersible tablets 040201060AAAZAZ 716 £4,778
Zyprexa 5mg Velotabs 040201060BBAEAE 152 £8,903
Zyprexa 10mg Velotabs 040201060BBAFAF 164 £13,563

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

Where Olanzapine is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Olanzapine volumes.

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

Compare Olanzapine with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Olanzapine 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.