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Opium and morphine

Gastro-Intestinal System Acute diarrhoea BNF 0104020N0
Data updated March 2026 Download CSV
1items

Dispensed in March 2026

12items

Rolling 12 months

£6

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

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

0 31.5 63 Jan 2021 Sep 2021 May 2022 Jan 2023 Sep 2023 May 2024 Mar 2026 1 Jan 2021: 19 Feb 2021: 38 Mar 2021: 41 Apr 2021: 38 May 2021: 36 Jun 2021: 47 Jul 2021: 55 Aug 2021: 40 Sep 2021: 63 Oct 2021: 53 Nov 2021: 54 Dec 2021: 62 Jan 2022: 44 Feb 2022: 63 Mar 2022: 56 Apr 2022: 50 May 2022: 55 Jun 2022: 55 Jul 2022: 46 Aug 2022: 49 Sep 2022: 45 Oct 2022: 33 Nov 2022: 47 Dec 2022: 49 Jan 2023: 47 Feb 2023: 42 Mar 2023: 44 Apr 2023: 41 May 2023: 59 Jun 2023: 63 Jul 2023: 54 Aug 2023: 60 Sep 2023: 53 Oct 2023: 62 Nov 2023: 51 Dec 2023: 58 Jan 2024: 51 Feb 2024: 41 Mar 2024: 39 Apr 2024: 4 May 2024: 9 Jun 2024: 9 Jul 2024: 7 Aug 2024: 13 Oct 2024: 3 Dec 2024: 1 Jan 2025: 1 Feb 2025: 3 Apr 2025: 1 May 2025: 7 Jun 2025: 2 Jul 2025: 8 Aug 2025: 1 Mar 2026: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Acute diarrhoea
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • 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.

Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Opium and morphine this month.

Presentations of Opium and morphine, March 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Kaolin and Morphine mixture 0104020N0AAABAB 1 £6

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

Where Opium and morphine is dispensed

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

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.