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Quinine bisulfate

Infections Antiprotozoal drugs BNF 0504010T0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Quinine bisulfate was ranked 456th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 12,529 items, down 8.3% on a year earlier.

12,529items -8.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

127,548items

Rolling 12 months

£42,274

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Quinine bisulfate: 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 Antiprotozoal drugs
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.37
  • Year on year Down 8.3% 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 Quinine bisulfate this month.

Presentations of Quinine bisulfate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Quinine bisulfate 300mg tablets 0504010T0AAAEAE 12,529 £42,274

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

Where Quinine bisulfate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Quinine bisulfate volumes.

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

Compare Quinine bisulfate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Quinine bisulfate 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.