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Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
Sodium citrate

Sodium citrate

Eye Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations BNF 110802050

Data updated December 2025 Download CSV

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Dispensed in December 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£35

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Sodium citrate: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
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Average cost / item £34.65

What this is

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

Where Sodium citrate is dispensed

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

Top regions

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Sodium citrate with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Sodium citrate 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.