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Prochlorperazine maleate

Central Nervous System Drugs used in nausea and vertigo BNF 0406000T0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Prochlorperazine maleate was ranked 159th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 119,905 items, down 5.1% on a year earlier.

119,905items -5.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,265,227items

Rolling 12 months

£379,720

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Prochlorperazine maleate: national items dispensed by month

0 68k 136k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 80,015 Jan 2021: 129k Feb 2021: 121k Mar 2021: 132k Apr 2021: 121k May 2021: 119k Jun 2021: 125k Jul 2021: 130k Aug 2021: 126k Sep 2021: 132k Oct 2021: 124k Nov 2021: 128k Dec 2021: 129k Jan 2022: 127k Feb 2022: 118k Mar 2022: 135k Apr 2022: 121k May 2022: 127k Jun 2022: 124k Jul 2022: 125k Aug 2022: 128k Sep 2022: 128k Oct 2022: 128k Nov 2022: 130k Dec 2022: 123k Jan 2023: 130k Feb 2023: 118k Mar 2023: 136k Apr 2023: 117k May 2023: 125k Jun 2023: 127k Jul 2023: 127k Aug 2023: 128k Sep 2023: 128k Oct 2023: 129k Nov 2023: 127k Dec 2023: 122k Jan 2024: 132k Feb 2024: 125k Mar 2024: 125k Apr 2024: 127k May 2024: 130k Jun 2024: 122k Jul 2024: 134k Aug 2024: 126k Sep 2024: 126k Oct 2024: 135k Nov 2024: 126k Dec 2024: 127k Jan 2025: 133k Feb 2025: 119k Mar 2025: 125k Apr 2025: 121k May 2025: 126k Jun 2025: 125k Jul 2025: 134k Aug 2025: 123k Sep 2025: 131k Oct 2025: 135k Nov 2025: 123k Dec 2025: 131k Jan 2026: 129k Feb 2026: 120k Mar 2026: 130k Apr 2026: 124k May 2026: 120k Jun 2026: 128k Jul 2026: 80k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in nausea and vertigo
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.17
  • Year on year Down 5.1% 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 Prochlorperazine maleate this month.

Presentations of Prochlorperazine maleate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets 0406000T0AAAGAG 100,889 £139,571
Prochlorperazine 3mg buccal tablets 0406000T0AAAKAK 16,880 £230,847
Stemetil 5mg tablets 0406000T0BBAAAG 1,717 £5,715
Buccastem M 3mg tablets 0406000T0BFAAAK 419 £3,587

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

Where Prochlorperazine maleate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Prochlorperazine maleate volumes.

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

Compare Prochlorperazine maleate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Prochlorperazine maleate 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.