Telmisartan

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Hypertension and heart failure

Data updated March 2026

Telmisartan was ranked 348th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 28,596 items, up 2.9% on a year earlier.

28,596items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£95,573

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

337,375items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Telmisartan: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Telmisartan, by items this month.

Presentations of Telmisartan, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Telmisartan 40mg tablets	12,185	£36,811
Telmisartan 80mg tablets	10,242	£36,641
Telmisartan 20mg tablets	5,849	£15,220
Micardis 80mg tablets	162	£3,637
Micardis 40mg tablets	158	£3,264

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