Medicines
Musculoskeletal and Joint Diseases
Drugs used in rheumatic diseases and gout
Phenylbutazone

Phenylbutazone

Musculoskeletal and Joint Diseases Drugs used in rheumatic diseases and gout BNF 1001010Q0

Data updated April 2025 Download CSV

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Dispensed in April 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£7

Net ingredient cost · April 2025

Figure 1. Phenylbutazone: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs used in rheumatic diseases and gout
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Average cost / item £6.73

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Phenylbutazone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Phenylbutazone volumes.

Top regions

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Phenylbutazone with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Phenylbutazone 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.