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Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913193A0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193) was ranked 1239th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 90 items, up 26.8% on a year earlier.

90items +26.8%

Dispensed in May 2026

751items

Rolling 12 months

£340

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193): national items dispensed by month

0 50.5 101 Jan 2023 Jul 2023 Jan 2024 Jul 2024 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 May 2026 90 Jan 2023: 88 Feb 2023: 101 Mar 2023: 95 Apr 2023: 81 May 2023: 87 Jun 2023: 82 Jul 2023: 80 Aug 2023: 98 Sep 2023: 88 Oct 2023: 74 Nov 2023: 83 Dec 2023: 58 Jan 2024: 59 Feb 2024: 81 Mar 2024: 69 Apr 2024: 71 May 2024: 62 Jun 2024: 47 Jul 2024: 45 Aug 2024: 34 Sep 2024: 37 Oct 2024: 54 Nov 2024: 63 Dec 2024: 64 Jan 2025: 59 Feb 2025: 34 Mar 2025: 39 Apr 2025: 54 May 2025: 71 Jun 2025: 74 Jul 2025: 73 Aug 2025: 64 Sep 2025: 71 Oct 2025: 76 Nov 2025: 68 Dec 2025: 81 Jan 2026: 70 Feb 2026: 81 Mar 2026: 81 Apr 2026: 69 May 2026: 90

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.78
  • Year on year Up 26.8% 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 Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193) this month.

Presentations of Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Glucose powder for oral use BP 1980 0913193A0AAAAAA 89 £336
AddGluco Glucose powder 0913193A0BBAAAA 1 £4

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

Where Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193) volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Powder carbohydrate supplement (0913193) 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.