Medicines
Central Nervous System
Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
Piracetam

Piracetam

Name: Piracetam NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Central Nervous System Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders BNF 0409030P0

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Piracetam was ranked 966th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 562 items, down 5.7% on a year earlier.

562items -5.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

5,560items

Rolling 12 months

£10,525

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Piracetam: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
Presentations 2 shown
Average cost / item £18.73
Year on year Down 5.7% 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.

Where Piracetam is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Piracetam volumes.

Top regions

Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Piracetam with

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

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The monthly series for Piracetam 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.

Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Nootropil 1200mg tablets	0409030P0BBACAC	294	£7,095
Nootropil 800mg tablets	0409030P0BBABAB	268	£3,430