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Other health supplement preparations

Nutrition and Blood Other health supplements BNF 091200000
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other health supplement preparations was ranked 555th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 6,975 items, down 44.0% on a year earlier.

6,975items -44%

Dispensed in May 2026

107,418items

Rolling 12 months

£34,196

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other health supplement preparations: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Other health supplements
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £4.90
  • Year on year Down 44.0% 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 Other health supplement preparations this month.

Presentations of Other health supplement preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Sanatogen Complete A-Z tablets 091200000BFXGFT 5,582 £19,733
ICaps One A Day tablets 091200000BFWUFT 341 £4,260
Valupak Vitamin B Complex One A Day tablets 091200000BFXQFT 269 £105
Sanatogen Vital 50+ tablets 091200000BFXHFT 247 £1,105
Osteocare liquid 091200000BFVEFR 85 £627
Valupak Cranberry 2g tablets 091200000BEVPA0 83 £130
Visionace tablets 091200000BFXRFT 62 £229
Centrum Performance tablets 091200000BFWQFT 60 £360
Copper citrate 2mg capsules 091200000AAFAFA 39 £4,064
Nytol Herbal tablets 091200000BDGSA0 18 £120
Valupak Glucosamine sulfate 500mg tablets 091200000BEWDDG 18 £46
Kalms Night One-A-Night 385mg tablets 091200000BFTUFC 17 £111
Valupak Glucosamine 400mg / Chondroitin 100mg capsules 091200000BFMTEE 15 £64
ICaps tablets 091200000BFWVFT 15 £117
Valupak Glucosamine sulfate 500mg capsules 091200000BEAWDJ 14 £19

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

Where Other health supplement preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other health supplement preparations volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Other health supplement preparations 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.