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Pregabalin

Central Nervous System Antiepileptic drugs BNF 0408010AE
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Pregabalin was ranked 25th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 838,472 items, little changed on a year earlier.

838,472items +0.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

8,428,909items

Rolling 12 months

£1,768,837

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Pregabalin: national items dispensed by month

0 874k 1.7m Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 1,748,776 Jan 2021: 658k Feb 2021: 626k Mar 2021: 706k Apr 2021: 690k May 2021: 662k Jun 2021: 703k Jul 2021: 711k Aug 2021: 680k Sep 2021: 707k Oct 2021: 679k Nov 2021: 703k Dec 2021: 743k Jan 2022: 697k Feb 2022: 657k Mar 2022: 749k Apr 2022: 706k May 2022: 731k Jun 2022: 720k Jul 2022: 714k Aug 2022: 741k Sep 2022: 736k Oct 2022: 724k Nov 2022: 740k Dec 2022: 749k Jan 2023: 741k Feb 2023: 688k Mar 2023: 787k Apr 2023: 710k May 2023: 761k Jun 2023: 772k Jul 2023: 753k Aug 2023: 781k Sep 2023: 759k Oct 2023: 775k Nov 2023: 779k Dec 2023: 779k Jan 2024: 798k Feb 2024: 754k Mar 2024: 761k Apr 2024: 789k May 2024: 818k Jun 2024: 755k Jul 2024: 831k Aug 2024: 802k Sep 2024: 780k Oct 2024: 834k Nov 2024: 793k Dec 2024: 824k Jan 2025: 835k Feb 2025: 750k Mar 2025: 799k Apr 2025: 813k May 2025: 838k Jun 2025: 810k Jul 2025: 868k Aug 2025: 805k Sep 2025: 846k Oct 2025: 874k Nov 2025: 799k Dec 2025: 897k Jan 2026: 854k Feb 2026: 789k Mar 2026: 867k Apr 2026: 861k May 2026: 838k Jun 2026: 876k Jul 2026: 1.7m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antiepileptic drugs
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.11
  • Year on year Little changed 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 Pregabalin this month.

Presentations of Pregabalin, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Pregabalin 50mg capsules 0408010AEAAABAB 144,558 £185,608
Pregabalin 100mg capsules 0408010AEAAADAD 133,316 £174,925
Pregabalin 75mg capsules 0408010AEAAACAC 131,294 £191,270
Pregabalin 150mg capsules 0408010AEAAAEAE 123,163 £246,046
Pregabalin 300mg capsules 0408010AEAAAGAG 108,995 £211,669
Pregabalin 25mg capsules 0408010AEAAAAAA 99,918 £115,488
Pregabalin 200mg capsules 0408010AEAAAFAF 63,830 £90,006
Pregabalin 225mg capsules 0408010AEAAAIAI 12,352 £27,478
Pregabalin 50mg tablets 0408010AEAAATAT 2,980 £15,612
Pregabalin 20mg/ml oral solution sugar free 0408010AEAAANAN 2,644 £98,884
Pregabalin 75mg tablets 0408010AEAAAXAX 1,938 £23,588
Pregabalin 150mg tablets 0408010AEAAAYAY 1,802 £17,947
Pregabalin 100mg tablets 0408010AEAAAUAU 1,787 £17,343
Pregabalin 25mg tablets 0408010AEAAASAS 1,743 £18,535
Pregabalin 300mg tablets 0408010AEAAAWAW 1,576 £14,633

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

Where Pregabalin is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Pregabalin volumes.

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

Compare Pregabalin with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Pregabalin 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.