Tacrolimus
Tacrolimus was ranked 570th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 6,511 items, down 13.0% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Tacrolimus: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Drugs affecting the immune response
- Presentations 15 shown
- Average cost / item £146.71
- Year on year Down 13.0% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Tacrolimus this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adoport 1mg capsules | 0802020T0BEAAAB | 1,567 | £179,923 |
| Prograf 1mg capsules | 0802020T0BBABAB | 1,234 | £222,203 |
| Adoport 0.5mg capsules | 0802020T0BEACAF | 888 | £56,654 |
| Prograf 500microgram capsules | 0802020T0BBADAF | 611 | £52,536 |
| Adoport 2mg capsules | 0802020T0BEAEBG | 607 | £134,532 |
| Advagraf 1mg modified-release capsules | 0802020T0BCABAN | 483 | £57,342 |
| Advagraf 3mg modified-release capsules | 0802020T0BCADAT | 198 | £53,046 |
| Advagraf 5mg modified-release capsules | 0802020T0BCACAP | 139 | £44,042 |
| Advagraf 0.5mg modified-release capsules | 0802020T0BCAAAM | 120 | £5,011 |
| Adoport 0.75mg capsules | 0802020T0BEADBF | 118 | £9,160 |
| Adoport 5mg capsules | 0802020T0BEABAA | 112 | £40,342 |
| Envarsus 1mg modified-release tablets | 0802020T0BJAABC | 59 | £8,924 |
| Tacrolimus 1mg capsules | 0802020T0AAABAB | 49 | £8,349 |
| Dailiport 1mg modified-release capsules | 0802020T0BKABAN | 49 | £4,238 |
| Envarsus 750microgram modified-release tablets | 0802020T0BJABBD | 39 | £3,546 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Tacrolimus is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Tacrolimus volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
In NHS hospitals
Tacrolimus is also used in NHS secondary care. See the indicative hospital cost, monthly trend and the trusts using it most on the hospital medicines page.
Compare Tacrolimus with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Tacrolimus 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.