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Pravastatin sodium

Cardiovascular System Lipid-regulating drugs BNF 0212000X0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Pravastatin sodium was ranked 135th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 160,402 items, down 9.0% on a year earlier.

160,402items -9%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,668,719items

Rolling 12 months

£206,592

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Pravastatin sodium: national items dispensed by month

0 104k 209k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 172,824 Jan 2021: 199k Feb 2021: 187k Mar 2021: 209k Apr 2021: 202k May 2021: 191k Jun 2021: 204k Jul 2021: 203k Aug 2021: 194k Sep 2021: 202k Oct 2021: 192k Nov 2021: 199k Dec 2021: 209k Jan 2022: 194k Feb 2022: 182k Mar 2022: 205k Apr 2022: 192k May 2022: 199k Jun 2022: 192k Jul 2022: 192k Aug 2022: 198k Sep 2022: 194k Oct 2022: 191k Nov 2022: 194k Dec 2022: 196k Jan 2023: 192k Feb 2023: 176k Mar 2023: 201k Apr 2023: 179k May 2023: 191k Jun 2023: 193k Jul 2023: 187k Aug 2023: 192k Sep 2023: 186k Oct 2023: 187k Nov 2023: 187k Dec 2023: 187k Jan 2024: 189k Feb 2024: 176k Mar 2024: 178k Apr 2024: 184k May 2024: 187k Jun 2024: 173k Jul 2024: 187k Aug 2024: 181k Sep 2024: 174k Oct 2024: 184k Nov 2024: 175k Dec 2024: 180k Jan 2025: 181k Feb 2025: 161k Mar 2025: 170k Apr 2025: 171k May 2025: 176k Jun 2025: 168k Jul 2025: 180k Aug 2025: 165k Sep 2025: 171k Oct 2025: 176k Nov 2025: 161k Dec 2025: 177k Jan 2026: 169k Feb 2026: 155k Mar 2026: 169k Apr 2026: 166k May 2026: 160k Jun 2026: 167k Jul 2026: 173k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Lipid-regulating drugs
  • Presentations 5 shown
  • Average cost / item £1.29
  • Year on year Down 9.0% 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 Pravastatin sodium this month.

Presentations of Pravastatin sodium, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Pravastatin 40mg tablets 0212000X0AAADAD 58,582 £82,622
Pravastatin 20mg tablets 0212000X0AAABAB 56,136 £68,365
Pravastatin 10mg tablets 0212000X0AAAAAA 45,681 £53,644
Pravastatin 5mg/5ml oral liquid 0212000X0AAAKAK 2 £1,443
Pravastatin 40mg/5ml oral liquid 0212000X0AAAHAH 1 £518

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

Where Pravastatin sodium is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Pravastatin sodium volumes.

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

Compare Pravastatin sodium with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Pravastatin sodium 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.