Sertraline hydrochloride
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Antidepressant drugs
Sertraline hydrochloride was the 10th most-dispensed medicine in England in March 2026, with 2,236,611 items, up 7.8% on a year earlier.
2,236,611items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£3,964,693
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
25,770,008items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Sertraline hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Sertraline hydrochloride, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 1,154,563 | £987,790 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 998,701 | £1,111,471 |
| Sertraline 25mg tablets | 64,520 | £405,020 |
| Sertraline 150mg tablets | 8,625 | £150,214 |
| Sertraline 200mg tablets | 5,058 | £114,363 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 1,597 | £679,354 |
| Sertraline 100mg/5ml concentrate for oral soln sugar free | 976 | £183,466 |
| Lustral 100mg tablets | 964 | £40,606 |
| Lustral 50mg tablets | 811 | £23,099 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral suspension | 415 | £182,417 |
| Contulen 50mg tablets | 112 | £2,192 |
| Sertraline 100mg/5ml oral suspension | 99 | £42,022 |
| Contulen 100mg tablets | 88 | £3,018 |
| Sertraline 25mg/5ml oral suspension | 43 | £22,122 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral solution | 31 | £11,081 |
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