Medicines
Ear, Nose and Oropharynx
Drugs acting on the oropharynx
Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate

Ear, Nose and Oropharynx Drugs acting on the oropharynx BNF 1203040N0

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Dispensed in March 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£31

Net ingredient cost · March 2025

Figure 1. Sodium benzoate: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs acting on the oropharynx
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Average cost / item £31.30

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Sodium benzoate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Sodium benzoate volumes.

Top regions

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Sodium benzoate with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Sodium benzoate 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.