Venlafaxine
Venlafaxine was ranked 45th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 532,507 items, little changed on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Venlafaxine: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Antidepressant drugs
- Presentations 15 shown
- Average cost / item £9.75
- Year on year Little changed on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Venlafaxine this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venlafaxine 75mg modified-release capsules | 0403040W0AAADAD | 93,050 | £212,472 |
| Venlafaxine 150mg modified-release capsules | 0403040W0AAAEAE | 67,588 | £1,755,608 |
| Venlafaxine 150mg modified-release tablets | 0403040W0AAAKAK | 59,994 | £429,223 |
| Venlafaxine 75mg tablets | 0403040W0AAABAB | 55,695 | £321,391 |
| Venlafaxine 37.5mg tablets | 0403040W0AAAAAA | 41,618 | £156,632 |
| Venlafaxine 75mg modified-release tablets | 0403040W0AAAJAJ | 40,969 | £133,281 |
| Venlafaxine 37.5mg modified-release capsules | 0403040W0AAASAS | 29,561 | £113,911 |
| Venlafaxine 225mg modified-release capsules | 0403040W0AAATAT | 23,880 | £209,274 |
| Vencarm XL 225mg capsules | 0403040W0CCADAT | 22,232 | £185,624 |
| Vencarm XL 150mg capsules | 0403040W0CCACAE | 21,616 | £93,242 |
| Vencarm XL 75mg capsules | 0403040W0CCABAD | 13,310 | £37,909 |
| Vensir XL 150mg capsules | 0403040W0BGABAE | 12,518 | £348,865 |
| Venlafaxine 225mg modified-release tablets | 0403040W0AAALAL | 11,550 | £280,416 |
| Venlafaxine 37.5mg modified-release tablets | 0403040W0AAAMAM | 10,290 | £81,941 |
| Vensir XL 75mg capsules | 0403040W0BGAAAD | 7,715 | £136,893 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Venlafaxine is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Venlafaxine volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Modality Partnership (awc) 5,433
- Westrop Medical Practice 5,267
- Lancaster Medical Practice 4,965
- The Medical Group 4,859
- Vida Healthcare 4,720
- The Ridings Medical Group 3,860
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Venlafaxine with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Venlafaxine 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.