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Oxybutynin

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders Drugs for genito-urinary disorders BNF 0704020J0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Oxybutynin was ranked 180th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 97,693 items, down 11.9% on a year earlier.

97,693items -11.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,052,617items

Rolling 12 months

£1,310,014

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Oxybutynin: national items dispensed by month

0 107k 213k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 213,370 Jan 2021: 114k Feb 2021: 107k Mar 2021: 120k Apr 2021: 115k May 2021: 110k Jun 2021: 117k Jul 2021: 117k Aug 2021: 111k Sep 2021: 116k Oct 2021: 111k Nov 2021: 115k Dec 2021: 119k Jan 2022: 112k Feb 2022: 104k Mar 2022: 118k Apr 2022: 110k May 2022: 116k Jun 2022: 111k Jul 2022: 111k Aug 2022: 112k Sep 2022: 112k Oct 2022: 112k Nov 2022: 115k Dec 2022: 113k Jan 2023: 108k Feb 2023: 104k Mar 2023: 119k Apr 2023: 104k May 2023: 112k Jun 2023: 116k Jul 2023: 111k Aug 2023: 114k Sep 2023: 111k Oct 2023: 113k Nov 2023: 112k Dec 2023: 109k Jan 2024: 114k Feb 2024: 107k Mar 2024: 108k Apr 2024: 112k May 2024: 114k Jun 2024: 107k Jul 2024: 116k Aug 2024: 111k Sep 2024: 108k Oct 2024: 115k Nov 2024: 109k Dec 2024: 110k Jan 2025: 113k Feb 2025: 100k Mar 2025: 106k Apr 2025: 107k May 2025: 111k Jun 2025: 105k Jul 2025: 117k Aug 2025: 104k Sep 2025: 111k Oct 2025: 111k Nov 2025: 100k Dec 2025: 111k Jan 2026: 108k Feb 2026: 99k Mar 2026: 105k Apr 2026: 105k May 2026: 98k Jun 2026: 107k Jul 2026: 213k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs for genito-urinary disorders
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £13.41
  • Year on year Down 11.9% 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 Oxybutynin this month.

Presentations of Oxybutynin, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Oxybutynin 5mg tablets 0704020J0AAACAC 38,158 £230,814
Oxybutynin 2.5mg tablets 0704020J0AAAAAA 35,541 £134,127
Oxybutynin 5mg modified-release tablets 0704020J0AAASAS 12,288 £240,478
Oxybutynin 10mg modified-release tablets 0704020J0AAATAT 9,044 £304,150
Oxybutynin 2.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 0704020J0AAAFAF 799 £198,082
Oxybutynin 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 0704020J0AAAGAG 765 £172,638
Kentera 3.9mg/24hours patches 0704020J0BHAAAU 536 £17,422
Ditropan 2.5mg tablets 0704020J0BCAAAA 358 £345
Ditropan 5mg tablets 0704020J0BCABAC 167 £314
Oxybutynin 2.5mg/5ml oral solution 0704020J0AAAZAZ 18 £7,063
Lyrinel XL 5mg tablets 0704020J0BGAAAS 6 £85
Oxybutynin 2.5mg/5ml oral suspension 0704020J0AAAKAK 5 £3,593
Oxybutynin 5mg/5ml oral liquid 0704020J0AAAMAM 4 £719
Lyrinel XL 10mg tablets 0704020J0BGABAT 3 £161
Oxybutynin 3mg tablets 0704020J0AAABAB 1 £24

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

Where Oxybutynin is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Oxybutynin volumes.

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

Compare Oxybutynin with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Oxybutynin 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.