Phenytoin
(asked on 8th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the public purse has been of (a) an individual prescription and (b) treating a patient with the drug Phenytoin in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
The average Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) per prescription item for Phenytoin written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England is set out below. Information is split by Phenytoin and Phenytoin Sodium with a figure provided for the total.
Prescription items and NIC per prescription item (£)
| Phenytoin | Phenytoin Sodium | Total | |||
| Items | NIC per Item (£) | Items | NIC per Item (£) | Items | NIC per Item (£) |
2012 | 39,117 | 15.76 | 970,031 | 21.52 | 1,009,148 | 21.30 |
2013 | 38,667 | 12.78 | 934,428 | 54.48 | 973,095 | 52.82 |
2014 | 36,017 | 12.90 | 894,176 | 48.76 | 930,193 | 47.38 |
2015 | 33,473 | 12.14 | 847,781 | 46.49 | 881,254 | 45.19 |
2016 | 31,360 | 12.16 | 800,820 | 45.19 | 832,180 | 43.94 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis
Information is not held centrally on the costs of treating a patient with phenytoin.