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Pentamidine isetionate

Infections Antiprotozoal drugs BNF 0504080P0
Data updated April 2025 Download CSV

Pentamidine isetionate was dispensed in England in April 2025, with 2 items, up 100.0% on a year earlier.

2items +100%

Dispensed in April 2025

0items

Rolling 12 months

£64

Net ingredient cost · April 2025

Figure 1. Pentamidine isetionate: national items dispensed by month

0 1 2 Aug 2021 Dec 2021 May 2022 Oct 2022 Feb 2024 Jul 2024 Apr 2025 2 Aug 2021: 1 Sep 2021: 2 Oct 2021: 1 Nov 2021: 1 Dec 2021: 1 Feb 2022: 1 Mar 2022: 1 Apr 2022: 1 May 2022: 1 Jul 2022: 1 Aug 2022: 1 Sep 2022: 2 Oct 2022: 1 Nov 2022: 1 Dec 2022: 1 Jul 2023: 1 Feb 2024: 1 Mar 2024: 2 Apr 2024: 1 May 2024: 1 Jul 2024: 1 Aug 2024: 1 Sep 2024: 1 Oct 2024: 2 Nov 2024: 2 Mar 2025: 1 Apr 2025: 2

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2025

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antiprotozoal drugs
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £31.77
  • Year on year Up 100.0% 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, April 2025

The individual products dispensed under Pentamidine isetionate this month.

Presentations of Pentamidine isetionate, April 2025
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Pentamidine 300mg powder for solution for injection vials 0504080P0AAAAAA 2 £64

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to April 2025 OGL v3.0

Where Pentamidine isetionate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Pentamidine isetionate volumes.

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

Compare Pentamidine isetionate with

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

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The monthly series for Pentamidine isetionate 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.