Skip to content
Independent analysis of NHS open data
PharmaInsight

Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate

Gastro-Intestinal System Chronic bowel disorders BNF 0105020D0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate was ranked 951st of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 631 items, down 22.1% on a year earlier.

631items -22.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

7,027items

Rolling 12 months

£335,999

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate: national items dispensed by month

0 848 2k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 574 Jan 2021: 2k Feb 2021: 2k Mar 2021: 2k Apr 2021: 1k May 2021: 1k Jun 2021: 1k Jul 2021: 1k Aug 2021: 1k Sep 2021: 1k Oct 2021: 1k Nov 2021: 1k Dec 2021: 1k Jan 2022: 1k Feb 2022: 1k Mar 2022: 1k Apr 2022: 1k May 2022: 942 Jun 2022: 1k Jul 2022: 1k Aug 2022: 1k Sep 2022: 1k Oct 2022: 1k Nov 2022: 1k Dec 2022: 1k Jan 2023: 997 Feb 2023: 987 Mar 2023: 1k Apr 2023: 980 May 2023: 1k Jun 2023: 1k Jul 2023: 1k Aug 2023: 1k Sep 2023: 984 Oct 2023: 964 Nov 2023: 936 Dec 2023: 923 Jan 2024: 954 Feb 2024: 869 Mar 2024: 948 Apr 2024: 947 May 2024: 938 Jun 2024: 893 Jul 2024: 925 Aug 2024: 862 Sep 2024: 904 Oct 2024: 887 Nov 2024: 839 Dec 2024: 834 Jan 2025: 901 Feb 2025: 794 Mar 2025: 817 Apr 2025: 778 May 2025: 810 Jun 2025: 750 Jul 2025: 799 Aug 2025: 723 Sep 2025: 794 Oct 2025: 785 Nov 2025: 645 Dec 2025: 749 Jan 2026: 721 Feb 2026: 635 Mar 2026: 698 Apr 2026: 646 May 2026: 631 Jun 2026: 643 Jul 2026: 574

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Use this chart on your site

Free to reuse anywhere, including commercially — on your own site, in a report or in an article. Keep the credit link with it and you are done.

A live chart that updates itself when next month's data lands. The credit line is part of the snippet.

Preview the embed

An SVG with the title and credit built in. Vector, so it stays sharp at any size in a slide deck or a print layout, and it opens in Illustrator, Figma, Inkscape or any browser.

Download SVG

Paste this beneath the chart if you are using the image rather than the embed.

Chart licensed under CC BY 4.0 — attribution link to PharmaInsight required. Underlying data © NHSBSA, Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Chronic bowel disorders
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £532.49
  • Year on year Down 22.1% 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 Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate this month.

Presentations of Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prednisolone 20mg/application foam enema 0105020D0AAACAC 628 £334,272
Predfoam 20mg/application enema 0105020D0BCAAAC 3 £1,727

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

Where Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate volumes.

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

Compare Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Prednisolone sodium metasulphobenzoate 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.