Dispensed corticosteroids (respiratory) in England by items 2022

This statistic displays the leading five dispensed corticosteroids, including drugs used in the treatment of asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in England in 2022, by number of items. In that year, there were approximately 12.9 million prescription items of beclometasone dipropionate dispensed.

Leading dispensed corticosteroids (respiratory) in England in 2022, by number of items

Characteristic	Number of items
Beclometasone dipropionate	12,860,105
Fluticasone propionate (Inh)	3,522,579
Budesonide	3,413,138
Fluticasone furoate (Inh)	2,291,349
Ciclesonide	51,422
Formoterol/glycopyrronium/budesonide	35,801
Mometasone/glycopyrronium/indacaterol	5,692
Mometasone furoate	2,545
Indacaterol/mometasone	662

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The number of prescription items dispensed. 'Items' is the number of times a product appears on a prescription form. Prescription forms include both paper prescriptions and electronic messages.
Corticosteroids (respiratory) includes medicines used in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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