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Other vitamin B preparations

Nutrition and Blood Vitamins BNF 090602800
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other vitamin B preparations was ranked 1158th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 160 items, down 10.1% on a year earlier.

160items -10.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,727items

Rolling 12 months

£23,845

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other vitamin B preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 125 250 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 233 Jan 2021: 210 Feb 2021: 160 Mar 2021: 212 Apr 2021: 215 May 2021: 189 Jun 2021: 201 Jul 2021: 220 Aug 2021: 250 Sep 2021: 207 Oct 2021: 205 Nov 2021: 226 Dec 2021: 196 Jan 2022: 202 Feb 2022: 193 Mar 2022: 233 Apr 2022: 205 May 2022: 224 Jun 2022: 212 Jul 2022: 189 Aug 2022: 201 Sep 2022: 180 Oct 2022: 192 Nov 2022: 219 Dec 2022: 183 Jan 2023: 177 Feb 2023: 173 Mar 2023: 202 Apr 2023: 173 May 2023: 197 Jun 2023: 220 Jul 2023: 188 Aug 2023: 211 Sep 2023: 173 Oct 2023: 205 Nov 2023: 200 Dec 2023: 191 Jan 2024: 183 Feb 2024: 188 Mar 2024: 197 Apr 2024: 147 May 2024: 172 Jun 2024: 144 Jul 2024: 173 Aug 2024: 164 Sep 2024: 163 Oct 2024: 159 Nov 2024: 151 Dec 2024: 178 Jan 2025: 184 Feb 2025: 160 Mar 2025: 186 Apr 2025: 153 May 2025: 178 Jun 2025: 178 Jul 2025: 212 Aug 2025: 163 Sep 2025: 190 Oct 2025: 166 Nov 2025: 178 Dec 2025: 173 Jan 2026: 170 Feb 2026: 186 Mar 2026: 152 Apr 2026: 189 May 2026: 160 Jun 2026: 197 Jul 2026: 233

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vitamins
  • Presentations 13 shown
  • Average cost / item £149.03
  • Year on year Down 10.1% 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 vitamin B preparations this month.

Presentations of Other vitamin B preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Biotin 5mg tablets 090602800AAAGAG 70 £12,937
Berocca effervescent tablets orange 090602800BBECCZ 28 £271
OroB7 5mg tablets 090602800BBJHAG 19 £1,273
BiotEss 5mg tablets 090602800BBJQAG 15 £993
Potassium aminobenzoate 3g oral powder sachets 090602800AAASAS 8 £1,247
BioVit7 5mg tablets 090602800BBJRAG 8 £2,456
Pyridoxal phosphate 50mg capsules 090602800AACXCX 4 £4,311
AactiBio 10mg tablets 090602800BBKACP 3 £114
Biotin 10mg tablets 090602800AACPCP 1 £36
BetterYou Boost Vitamin B12 Daily oral spray 090602800BBJTDC 1 £14
Adoxal 25mg tablets 090602800BBJVDD 1 £32
Adoxal 50mg capsules 090602800BBJXCX 1 £72
AactiBio 5mg tablets 090602800BBJZAG 1 £90

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

Where Other vitamin B preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other vitamin B preparations volumes.

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

Compare Other vitamin B preparations with

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

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The monthly series for Other vitamin B 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.