Promethazine hydrochloride
Promethazine hydrochloride was ranked 108th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 234,806 items, little changed on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Promethazine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Antihistamines, hyposensitisation and allergic emergencies
- Presentations 11 shown
- Average cost / item £1.86
- Year on year Little changed on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Promethazine hydrochloride this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 0304010W0AAALAL | 170,133 | £201,695 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets | 0304010W0AAADAD | 36,485 | £48,377 |
| Phenergan 25mg tablets | 0304010W0BBABAL | 19,157 | £68,917 |
| Phenergan 5mg/5ml elixir | 0304010W0BBAJAP | 7,132 | £109,161 |
| Sominex 20mg tablets | 0304010W0BCAAAE | 1,852 | £8,180 |
| Phenergan 10mg tablets | 0304010W0BBAAAD | 23 | £57 |
| Promethazine 25mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules | 0304010W0AAABAB | 19 | £472 |
| Promethazine 5mg/5ml oral solution | 0304010W0AAAUAU | 2 | £171 |
| Promethazine 25mg/5ml oral liquid | 0304010W0AAAQAQ | 1 | £483 |
| Promethazine 5mg/5ml oral suspension | 0304010W0AAAVAV | 1 | £23 |
| Phenergan Nightime 25mg tablets | 0304010W0BBAIAL | 1 | £6 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Promethazine hydrochloride is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Promethazine hydrochloride volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Modality Partnership (awc) 5,411
- Hastings Old Town Surgery 3,917
- Abbey Field Medical Centre 3,128
- Swanscombe Health Centre 2,964
- White Cliffs Medical Centre 1,854
- The De Parys Group 1,752
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Promethazine hydrochloride with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Promethazine hydrochloride 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.