Skip to content
Independent analysis of NHS open data
PharmaInsight

Other treatment of dry mouth preparations

Ear, Nose and Oropharynx Drugs acting on the oropharynx BNF 120305000
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other treatment of dry mouth preparations was ranked 1044th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 350 items, down 49.6% on a year earlier.

350items -49.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

6,428items

Rolling 12 months

£986

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other treatment of dry mouth preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 415.5 831 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 72 Jan 2021: 652 Feb 2021: 611 Mar 2021: 696 Apr 2021: 629 May 2021: 620 Jun 2021: 630 Jul 2021: 630 Aug 2021: 613 Sep 2021: 616 Oct 2021: 609 Nov 2021: 612 Dec 2021: 663 Jan 2022: 625 Feb 2022: 599 Mar 2022: 681 Apr 2022: 603 May 2022: 618 Jun 2022: 615 Jul 2022: 619 Aug 2022: 654 Sep 2022: 600 Oct 2022: 613 Nov 2022: 625 Dec 2022: 609 Jan 2023: 615 Feb 2023: 525 Mar 2023: 649 Apr 2023: 582 May 2023: 658 Jun 2023: 631 Jul 2023: 633 Aug 2023: 650 Sep 2023: 622 Oct 2023: 629 Nov 2023: 613 Dec 2023: 633 Jan 2024: 640 Feb 2024: 576 Mar 2024: 587 Apr 2024: 611 May 2024: 641 Jun 2024: 601 Jul 2024: 647 Aug 2024: 648 Sep 2024: 606 Oct 2024: 657 Nov 2024: 585 Dec 2024: 611 Jan 2025: 636 Feb 2025: 575 Mar 2025: 614 Apr 2025: 590 May 2025: 694 Jun 2025: 732 Jul 2025: 758 Aug 2025: 716 Sep 2025: 818 Oct 2025: 831 Nov 2025: 731 Dec 2025: 775 Jan 2026: 756 Feb 2026: 501 Mar 2026: 494 Apr 2026: 456 May 2026: 350 Jun 2026: 234 Jul 2026: 72

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Use this chart on your site

Free to reuse anywhere, including commercially — on your own site, in a report or in an article. Keep the credit link with it and you are done.

A live chart that updates itself when next month's data lands. The credit line is part of the snippet.

Preview the embed

An SVG with the title and credit built in. Vector, so it stays sharp at any size in a slide deck or a print layout, and it opens in Illustrator, Figma, Inkscape or any browser.

Download SVG

Paste this beneath the chart if you are using the image rather than the embed.

Chart licensed under CC BY 4.0 — attribution link to PharmaInsight required. Underlying data © NHSBSA, Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs acting on the oropharynx
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.82
  • Year on year Down 49.6% 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 treatment of dry mouth preparations this month.

Presentations of Other treatment of dry mouth preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Biotene dry mouth antibacterial toothpaste original 120305000BBAEA0 315 £855
Xerostom dry mouth spray 120305000BBAWA0 35 £131

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

Where Other treatment of dry mouth preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other treatment of dry mouth preparations volumes.

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

Compare Other treatment of dry mouth preparations with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Other treatment of dry mouth 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.