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Prucalopride

Gastro-Intestinal System Laxatives BNF 0106070A0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Prucalopride was ranked 369th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 23,276 items, up 14.1% on a year earlier.

23,276items +14.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

199,291items

Rolling 12 months

£180,153

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Prucalopride: 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 Laxatives
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £7.74
  • Year on year Up 14.1% 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 Prucalopride this month.

Presentations of Prucalopride, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prucalopride 2mg tablets 0106070A0AAABAB 17,335 £116,409
Prucalopride 1mg tablets 0106070A0AAAAAA 5,624 £42,262
Resolor 2mg tablets 0106070A0BBABAB 229 £16,398
Resolor 1mg tablets 0106070A0BBAAAA 88 £5,084

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

Where Prucalopride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Prucalopride volumes.

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

Compare Prucalopride with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Prucalopride 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.