Medicines
Gastro-Intestinal System
Acute diarrhoea
Opium and morphine

Opium and morphine

Gastro-Intestinal System Acute diarrhoea BNF 0104020N0

Data updated March 2026 Download CSV

1items

Dispensed in March 2026

2items

Rolling 12 months

£6

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

Figure 1. Opium and morphine: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Acute diarrhoea
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Average cost / item £5.99

What this is

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

Where Opium and morphine is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Opium and morphine volumes.

Top regions

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Opium and morphine with

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

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The monthly series for Opium and morphine 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.