Sodium chloride
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Fluids and electrolytes
Sodium chloride was ranked 484th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 11,500 items, up 15.9% on a year earlier.
11,500items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£343,015
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
131,303items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Sodium chloride: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Sodium chloride, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Slow Sodium 600mg tablets | 10,767 | £247,471 |
| Sodium chloride 1.46g/5ml (5mmol/ml) oral solution | 344 | £27,560 |
| Sodium chloride 292.5mg/5ml (1mmol/ml) oral solution | 154 | £29,695 |
| SodiClor 1.46g/5ml (5mmol/ml) oral solution | 91 | £8,569 |
| SodiClor 292.5mg/5ml (1mmol/ml) oral solution | 90 | £16,605 |
| Syrisal 292.5mg/5ml (1mmol/ml) oral solution | 24 | £1,821 |
| Sodium chloride 1.5g/5ml (5.13mmol/ml) oral solution | 18 | £632 |
| Sodium chloride 500mg capsules | 5 | £8,606 |
| Sodium chloride 1.17g/5ml (4mmol/ml) oral solution | 5 | £86 |
| Sodium chloride 300mg capsules | 1 | £1,500 |
| Sodium chloride 585mg/5ml (2mmol/ml) oral solution | 1 | £469 |
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