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Ropinirole hydrochloride

Central Nervous System Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders BNF 0409010H0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Ropinirole hydrochloride was ranked 253rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 50,460 items, down 9.3% on a year earlier.

50,460items -9.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

526,505items

Rolling 12 months

£821,073

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Ropinirole hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

0 29k 57k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 9,231 Jan 2021: 53k Feb 2021: 50k Mar 2021: 56k Apr 2021: 54k May 2021: 52k Jun 2021: 55k Jul 2021: 56k Aug 2021: 54k Sep 2021: 56k Oct 2021: 53k Nov 2021: 55k Dec 2021: 57k Jan 2022: 54k Feb 2022: 50k Mar 2022: 57k Apr 2022: 54k May 2022: 56k Jun 2022: 54k Jul 2022: 54k Aug 2022: 56k Sep 2022: 55k Oct 2022: 55k Nov 2022: 56k Dec 2022: 56k Jan 2023: 55k Feb 2023: 51k Mar 2023: 57k Apr 2023: 52k May 2023: 56k Jun 2023: 57k Jul 2023: 55k Aug 2023: 55k Sep 2023: 54k Oct 2023: 56k Nov 2023: 56k Dec 2023: 56k Jan 2024: 55k Feb 2024: 52k Mar 2024: 53k Apr 2024: 55k May 2024: 56k Jun 2024: 53k Jul 2024: 57k Aug 2024: 55k Sep 2024: 54k Oct 2024: 57k Nov 2024: 54k Dec 2024: 56k Jan 2025: 56k Feb 2025: 50k Mar 2025: 53k Apr 2025: 54k May 2025: 56k Jun 2025: 54k Jul 2025: 57k Aug 2025: 52k Sep 2025: 54k Oct 2025: 55k Nov 2025: 51k Dec 2025: 57k Jan 2026: 53k Feb 2026: 49k Mar 2026: 53k Apr 2026: 51k May 2026: 50k Jun 2026: 52k Jul 2026: 9k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £16.27
  • Year on year Down 9.3% 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 Ropinirole hydrochloride this month.

Presentations of Ropinirole hydrochloride, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Ropinirole 1mg tablets 0409010H0AAABAB 12,062 £104,900
Ropinirole 500microgram tablets 0409010H0AAAHAH 8,781 £67,794
Ropinirole 250microgram tablets 0409010H0AAAAAA 6,693 £90,910
Ropinirole 2mg tablets 0409010H0AAACAC 6,388 £125,283
Ropinirole 2mg modified-release tablets 0409010H0AAAKAK 3,061 £57,746
Ropinirole 4mg modified-release tablets 0409010H0AAALAL 2,343 £66,559
Ropinirole 8mg modified-release tablets 0409010H0AAAMAM 1,870 £104,411
Ipinnia XL 6mg tablets 0409010H0BIADAS 1,679 £32,008
Ipinnia XL 2mg tablets 0409010H0BIAAAK 1,506 £12,190
Ipinnia XL 4mg tablets 0409010H0BIACAL 1,456 £20,254
Ipinnia XL 8mg tablets 0409010H0BIAEAM 1,344 £32,677
ReQuip XL 2mg tablets 0409010H0BBAGAK 506 £10,286
ReQuip XL 8mg tablets 0409010H0BBAIAM 462 £29,304
Repinex XL 2mg tablets 0409010H0BFACAK 373 £2,863
ReQuip XL 4mg tablets 0409010H0BBAHAL 345 £11,998

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

Where Ropinirole hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Ropinirole hydrochloride volumes.

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

Compare Ropinirole hydrochloride with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Ropinirole 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.