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Sodium cromoglicate

Eye Corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory preparations BNF 1104020T0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Sodium cromoglicate was ranked 235th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 60,313 items, down 15.9% on a year earlier.

60,313items -15.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

454,421items

Rolling 12 months

£188,826

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Sodium cromoglicate: national items dispensed by month

0 66k 132k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 98,122 Jan 2021: 42k Feb 2021: 42k Mar 2021: 59k Apr 2021: 76k May 2021: 63k Jun 2021: 132k Jul 2021: 87k Aug 2021: 60k Sep 2021: 53k Oct 2021: 44k Nov 2021: 44k Dec 2021: 42k Jan 2022: 41k Feb 2022: 40k Mar 2022: 56k Apr 2022: 63k May 2022: 76k Jun 2022: 109k Jul 2022: 77k Aug 2022: 60k Sep 2022: 49k Oct 2022: 42k Nov 2022: 41k Dec 2022: 39k Jan 2023: 40k Feb 2023: 40k Mar 2023: 51k Apr 2023: 61k May 2023: 76k Jun 2023: 122k Jul 2023: 72k Aug 2023: 57k Sep 2023: 50k Oct 2023: 45k Nov 2023: 42k Dec 2023: 38k Jan 2024: 40k Feb 2024: 40k Mar 2024: 46k Apr 2024: 59k May 2024: 71k Jun 2024: 93k Jul 2024: 72k Aug 2024: 56k Sep 2024: 46k Oct 2024: 43k Nov 2024: 39k Dec 2024: 38k Jan 2025: 39k Feb 2025: 36k Mar 2025: 51k Apr 2025: 68k May 2025: 72k Jun 2025: 87k Jul 2025: 68k Aug 2025: 49k Sep 2025: 44k Oct 2025: 41k Nov 2025: 36k Dec 2025: 38k Jan 2026: 37k Feb 2026: 36k Mar 2026: 53k Apr 2026: 60k May 2026: 60k Jun 2026: 88k Jul 2026: 98k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory preparations
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.13
  • Year on year Down 15.9% 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 Sodium cromoglicate this month.

Presentations of Sodium cromoglicate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Sodium cromoglicate 2% eye drops 1104020T0AAAAAA 52,763 £122,348
Opticrom Allergy 2% eye drops 1104020T0BBAEAA 2,431 £11,370
Catacrom 2% eye drops 0.3ml unit dose 1104020T0BSAAAJ 1,646 £34,331
Sodium cromoglicate 2% eye drops preservative free 1104020T0AAAIAI 1,100 £4,594
Opticrom Aqueous 2% eye drops 1104020T0BBADAA 1,024 £9,443
Murine hayfever relief 2% eye drops 1104020T0BWAAAA 518 £2,216
Optrex Allergy 2% eye drops 1104020T0BHAAAA 372 £1,935
Opticrom Hayfever 2% eye drops 1104020T0BBAFAA 173 £724
Eycrom 2% eye drops 1104020T0BZAAAI 121 £1,142
Librachrom 2% eye drops 1104020T0BYAAAI 115 £498
Optrex Hayfever Relief 2% eye drops 1104020T0BHABAA 27 £129
Aspire Allergy Relief 2% eye drops 1104020T0BXABAA 15 £60
Librachrom Hayfever Relief 2% eye drops 1104020T0BYABAI 5 £23
Allercrom 2% eye drops (FDC International Ltd) 1104020T0BUABAA 2 £8
Theratears Hayfever Relief 2% eye drops 1104020T0CBAAAA 1 £4

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

Where Sodium cromoglicate is dispensed

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

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

Compare Sodium cromoglicate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Sodium cromoglicate 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.