Bupropion: Prescriptions

(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions of Zyban (bupropion hydrochloride) were dispensed by (a) the NHS and (b) community pharmacies in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 16th October 2018

NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested. NHS Digital holds data about prescription items dispensed by doctors and community pharmacies in England which is available in the following table.

Year

Chemical

Dispensed by dispensing doctors

Dispensed by community pharmacies

All dispensing in the community

2015

Bupropion Hydrochloride

1,130

20,701

21,831

2016

Bupropion Hydrochloride

1,110

21,231

22,341

2017

Bupropion Hydrochloride

1,084

22,254

23,338

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital

NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, including mental health trusts, or private prescriptions.

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