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Pimozide

Central Nervous System Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders BNF 0402010R0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Pimozide was ranked 1123rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 207 items, down 11.9% on a year earlier.

207items -11.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,119items

Rolling 12 months

£2,603

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Pimozide: national items dispensed by month

0 205.5 411 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 119 Jan 2021: 298 Feb 2021: 249 Mar 2021: 319 Apr 2021: 283 May 2021: 273 Jun 2021: 289 Jul 2021: 292 Aug 2021: 298 Sep 2021: 265 Oct 2021: 290 Nov 2021: 279 Dec 2021: 258 Jan 2022: 258 Feb 2022: 250 Mar 2022: 268 Apr 2022: 249 May 2022: 261 Jun 2022: 236 Jul 2022: 252 Aug 2022: 225 Sep 2022: 259 Oct 2022: 259 Nov 2022: 262 Dec 2022: 210 Jan 2023: 250 Feb 2023: 257 Mar 2023: 259 Apr 2023: 255 May 2023: 270 Jun 2023: 281 Jul 2023: 228 Aug 2023: 267 Sep 2023: 231 Oct 2023: 281 Nov 2023: 410 Dec 2023: 411 Jan 2024: 410 Feb 2024: 402 Mar 2024: 392 Apr 2024: 379 May 2024: 377 Jun 2024: 340 Jul 2024: 307 Aug 2024: 346 Sep 2024: 288 Oct 2024: 342 Nov 2024: 307 Dec 2024: 270 Jan 2025: 222 Feb 2025: 214 Mar 2025: 216 Apr 2025: 226 May 2025: 235 Jun 2025: 237 Jul 2025: 215 Aug 2025: 217 Sep 2025: 225 Oct 2025: 223 Nov 2025: 201 Dec 2025: 218 Jan 2026: 211 Feb 2026: 186 Mar 2026: 226 Apr 2026: 205 May 2026: 207 Jun 2026: 217 Jul 2026: 119

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £12.58
  • 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 Pimozide this month.

Presentations of Pimozide, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Orap 4mg tablets 0402010R0BBABAB 207 £2,603

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

Where Pimozide is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Pimozide volumes.

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

Compare Pimozide with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Pimozide 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.