Top antianginal drugs dispensed in England by items 2022

This statistic displays the leading ten nitrates, calcium-channel blockers and antianginal drugs dispensed in England in 2022, by number of prescription items. In that year, the most dispensed drug was amlodipine at approximately 34.4 million items.

Leading 10 nitrates, calcium-channel blockers and antianginal drugs dispensed in England in 2022, by number of items

Characteristic	Number of items
Amlodipine	34,376,101
Isosorbide mononitrate	4,422,949
Felodipine	3,760,203
Lercanidipine hydrochloride	3,176,939
Diltiazem hydrochloride	2,265,313
Glyceryl trinitrate	1,661,808
Nifedipine	1,276,981
Nicorandil	1,083,332
Ranolazine	754,913
Verapamil hydrochloride	586,547

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Nitrates, calcium-channel blockers and antianginal drugs include medicines to dilate blood vessels, to treat angina, hypertension and heart failure.
The statistic shows 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.

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