Oral rehydration salts
Oral rehydration salts was ranked 428th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 16,090 items, down 12.5% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Oral rehydration salts: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Fluids and electrolytes
- Presentations 11 shown
- Average cost / item £13.09
- Year on year Down 12.5% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Oral rehydration salts this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets blackcurrant | 0902012H0BBAGAE | 9,062 | £108,215 |
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets plain | 0902012H0BBAEAE | 3,360 | £51,274 |
| Dioralyte oral powder sachets citrus | 0902012H0BBAFAE | 1,510 | £12,633 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tab blackcurrant | 0902012H0BWABAN | 753 | £14,906 |
| Dioralyte Relief oral powder sachets blackcurrant | 0902012H0BBALAJ | 602 | £7,623 |
| Dioralyte Relief oral powder sachets raspberry | 0902012H0BBAKAJ | 309 | £4,031 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tablets strawberry | 0902012H0BWACAN | 227 | £2,351 |
| O.R.S Oral Rehydration Salts ORS soluble tablets lemon | 0902012H0BWAAAN | 203 | £4,281 |
| AACT Rehydration oral powder sachets | 0902012H0CBAAAE | 48 | £974 |
| Glucose monohydrate 20g/Sod chlor 3.5g/Sod bicarb 2.5g pdr | 0902012H0AAAKAK | 14 | £4,230 |
| Rehydration Treatment granules 4.87g sachets | 0902012H0CCAAA0 | 2 | £149 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Oral rehydration salts is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Oral rehydration salts volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Oral rehydration salts with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Oral rehydration salts 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.