Bupropion: Prescriptions
(asked on 18th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued for bupropion in each year since 2001.
Information is not collected centrally on the numbers of prescriptions issued. However, information is available on the number of bupropion hydrochloride prescription items dispensed.
Number of bupropion hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England - 2001 to 2014 | |
Year | Items (000’s) |
2001 | 298.8 |
2002 | 131.0 |
2003 | 111.8 |
2004 | 136.8 |
2005 | 131.9 |
2006 | 116.9 |
2007 | 129.9 |
2008 | 62.1 |
2009 | 51.1 |
2010 | 39.3 |
2011 | 32.3 |
2012 | 27.8 |
2013 | 23.7 |
2014 | 22.0 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre