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Primidone

Central Nervous System Antiepileptic drugs BNF 0408010U0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Primidone was ranked 416th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 17,176 items, up 2.6% on a year earlier.

17,176items +2.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

169,409items

Rolling 12 months

£1,162,917

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Primidone: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antiepileptic drugs
  • Presentations 10 shown
  • Average cost / item £67.71
  • Year on year Up 2.6% 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 Primidone this month.

Presentations of Primidone, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Primidone 50mg tablets 0408010U0AAAXAX 11,156 £984,125
Primidone 250mg tablets 0408010U0AAABAB 5,407 £141,439
Primidone 125mg tablets 0408010U0AABDBD 422 £24,179
Enodama 50mg tablets 0408010U0BCAAAX 132 £9,340
Primidone 50mg/5ml oral suspension 0408010U0AABABA 30 £1,268
Primidone 250mg/5ml oral suspension 0408010U0AABCBC 15 £1,673
Primidone 62.5mg/5ml oral suspension 0408010U0AABBBB 9 £642
Enodama 250mg tablets 0408010U0BCACAB 3 £143
Primidone 25mg/5ml oral suspension 0408010U0AAACAC 1 £83
Mysoline 250mg tablets 0408010U0BBAAAB 1 £26

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

Where Primidone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Primidone volumes.

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

Compare Primidone with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Primidone 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.