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Trazodone hydrochloride

Central Nervous System Antidepressant drugs BNF 0403010X0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Trazodone hydrochloride was ranked 163rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 115,784 items, down 0.9% on a year earlier.

115,784items -0.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,172,655items

Rolling 12 months

£243,390

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Trazodone hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

0 62k 124k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 94,842 Jan 2021: 100k Feb 2021: 95k Mar 2021: 106k Apr 2021: 103k May 2021: 98k Jun 2021: 104k Jul 2021: 105k Aug 2021: 100k Sep 2021: 103k Oct 2021: 100k Nov 2021: 104k Dec 2021: 108k Jan 2022: 102k Feb 2022: 96k Mar 2022: 108k Apr 2022: 101k May 2022: 105k Jun 2022: 102k Jul 2022: 102k Aug 2022: 105k Sep 2022: 103k Oct 2022: 104k Nov 2022: 106k Dec 2022: 106k Jan 2023: 106k Feb 2023: 97k Mar 2023: 111k Apr 2023: 100k May 2023: 107k Jun 2023: 110k Jul 2023: 106k Aug 2023: 109k Sep 2023: 107k Oct 2023: 108k Nov 2023: 111k Dec 2023: 109k Jan 2024: 113k Feb 2024: 107k Mar 2024: 107k Apr 2024: 112k May 2024: 114k Jun 2024: 106k Jul 2024: 116k Aug 2024: 112k Sep 2024: 110k Oct 2024: 117k Nov 2024: 111k Dec 2024: 115k Jan 2025: 119k Feb 2025: 106k Mar 2025: 112k Apr 2025: 113k May 2025: 117k Jun 2025: 114k Jul 2025: 121k Aug 2025: 111k Sep 2025: 118k Oct 2025: 122k Nov 2025: 112k Dec 2025: 124k Jan 2026: 120k Feb 2026: 110k Mar 2026: 121k Apr 2026: 119k May 2026: 116k Jun 2026: 122k Jul 2026: 95k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antidepressant drugs
  • Presentations 9 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.10
  • Year on year Down 0.9% 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 Trazodone hydrochloride this month.

Presentations of Trazodone hydrochloride, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Trazodone 50mg capsules 0403010X0AAAAAA 40,487 £27,979
Trazodone 100mg capsules 0403010X0AAABAB 36,773 £38,281
Trazodone 150mg tablets 0403010X0AAADAD 28,225 £48,525
Trazodone 50mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 0403010X0AAAFAF 6,293 £62,997
Trazodone 50mg tablets 0403010X0AAAPAP 2,953 £25,325
Trazodone 100mg tablets 0403010X0AAAQAQ 919 £13,843
Trazodone 100mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 0403010X0AAANAN 108 £23,882
Trazodone 50mg/5ml oral liquid 0403010X0AAAGAG 24 £2,223
Trazodone 25mg/5ml oral liquid 0403010X0AAAJAJ 2 £336

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

Where Trazodone hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Trazodone hydrochloride volumes.

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

Compare Trazodone hydrochloride with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Trazodone hydrochloride 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.