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Risperidone

Central Nervous System Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders BNF 0402020AA
Data updated April 2026 Download CSV

Risperidone was ranked 984th of 1,792 medicines by items in April 2026, with 544 items, down 8.7% on a year earlier.

544items -8.7%

Dispensed in April 2026

6,046items

Rolling 12 months

£109,576

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Risperidone: national items dispensed by month

0 512.5 1k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Apr 2026 544 Jan 2021: 1k Feb 2021: 876 Mar 2021: 1k Apr 2021: 954 May 2021: 893 Jun 2021: 968 Jul 2021: 903 Aug 2021: 878 Sep 2021: 903 Oct 2021: 840 Nov 2021: 850 Dec 2021: 883 Jan 2022: 850 Feb 2022: 781 Mar 2022: 877 Apr 2022: 776 May 2022: 855 Jun 2022: 806 Jul 2022: 750 Aug 2022: 805 Sep 2022: 794 Oct 2022: 750 Nov 2022: 857 Dec 2022: 746 Jan 2023: 804 Feb 2023: 727 Mar 2023: 765 Apr 2023: 694 May 2023: 716 Jun 2023: 779 Jul 2023: 750 Aug 2023: 732 Sep 2023: 676 Oct 2023: 680 Nov 2023: 720 Dec 2023: 655 Jan 2024: 814 Feb 2024: 696 Mar 2024: 651 Apr 2024: 723 May 2024: 699 Jun 2024: 631 Jul 2024: 692 Aug 2024: 747 Sep 2024: 648 Oct 2024: 668 Nov 2024: 613 Dec 2024: 613 Jan 2025: 690 Feb 2025: 545 Mar 2025: 568 Apr 2025: 596 May 2025: 594 Jun 2025: 549 Jul 2025: 600 Aug 2025: 555 Sep 2025: 576 Oct 2025: 587 Nov 2025: 506 Dec 2025: 569 Jan 2026: 539 Feb 2026: 527 Mar 2026: 494 Apr 2026: 544

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £201.43
  • Year on year Down 8.7% 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, April 2026

The individual products dispensed under Risperidone this month.

Presentations of Risperidone, April 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Risperdal Consta 50mg pdr and solvent for prolonged-rel inj 0402020AABBABAB 225 £56,390
Risperdal Consta 25mg pdr and solvent for prolonged-rel inj 0402020AABBAAAA 184 £25,501
Risperdal Consta 37.5mg pdr and solvent for PR inj 0402020AABBACAC 133 £26,828
Okedi 100mg pdr and solvent for prolonged-rel inj pfs 0402020AABCABAE 2 £857

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

Where Risperidone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Risperidone volumes.

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

Compare Risperidone with

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