Top dispensed thyroid & antithyroid drugs in England by items 2022

This statistic displays the leading dispensed thyroid and antithyroid drugs in England in 2022, by number of prescription items. In that year, there were approximately 33.4 million items of levothyroxine sodium dispensed in the community.

Leading dispensed thyroid and antithyroid drugs in England in 2022, by number of items

Characteristic	Number of items
Levothyroxine sodium	33,439,343
Carbimazole	659,929
Liothyronine sodium	62,041
Propylthiouracil	46,588
Levothyroxine sodium and liothyronine	2,511
Thyrotropin alfa	2

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Thyroid and Antithyroid drugs- includes medicines used to regulate the body's metabolism. They either limit thyroxine production, in hyperthyroidism or provide additional synthetic hormones, in hypothyroidism.
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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