Oral rehydration salts
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Fluids and electrolytes
Oral rehydration salts was ranked 426th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 17,040 items, down 11.8% on a year earlier.
17,040items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£241,345
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
192,074items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Oral rehydration salts: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Oral rehydration salts, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets blackcurrant | 9,704 | £130,208 |
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets plain | 3,504 | £56,139 |
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets citrus | 1,450 | £12,835 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tab blackcurrant | 790 | £12,717 |
| Dioralyte Relief oral powder sachets blackcurrant | 695 | £7,226 |
| Dioralyte Relief oral powder sachets raspberry | 329 | £3,702 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tablets strawberry | 260 | £3,093 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tablets lemon | 233 | £4,582 |
| AACT Rehydration oral powder sachets | 50 | £893 |
| Glucose monohydrate 20g/Sod chlor 3.5g/Sod bicarb 2.5g pdr | 14 | £9,273 |
| Rehydration Treatment granules 4.87g sachets | 7 | £559 |
| SOS Daily Hydration oral powder sachets lemon | 2 | £35 |
| SOS Daily Hydration oral powder sachets mixed berry | 1 | £80 |
| Galpharm Lost Fluid Replacement gran for soln sachets | 1 | £4 |
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