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Pentazocine hydrochloride

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Analgesics
Data updated March 2026

Pentazocine hydrochloride was ranked 1280th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 72 items, little changed on a year earlier.

72items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£9,193

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

860items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Pentazocine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

72

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Pentazocine hydrochloride, by items this month.

Presentations of Pentazocine hydrochloride, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Pentazocine 25mg tablets 43 £5,374
Pentazocine 50mg capsules 29 £3,819

Compare Pentazocine hydrochloride with

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