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Message: <blockquote data-quote="czj" data-source="post: 406826" data-attributes="member: 62497">Actually, all this information is readily available. This is the page you want<a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB10610" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB10610</a>It is known as the Prescription Cost Analysis. The page there has the data for England for 2012.It is about 600 pages long, and includes all prescriptions - everything from Antacids to Colostomy bags. (there is an excel version and a PDF version, the PDF version has more explanation at the front about what all the data means. I still get confused about which column is the real cost - NIC, net ingredient cost before discounts is the main figure but it's NIC per quantity that seems to be the actual cost. eg if you have two of item X on a prescriptions then NIC might be £30, but NIC per quantity would be £15)I clearly need to get out more, as I love this document. It can answer all kind of questions. Is a 10ml vial of Insulatard much cheaper that an 10ml vial of Lantus? (yes, £7.48 vs £30.29 - Hmm, £23 more to feel awful, no thanks). Which is the most popular statin? Simvastatin 40mg. Was I the only luddite still using 12ml needles? yes, more or less.So, the figures are really detailed and it depends which disposable pen, which version of Lantus, which type of strips you use. Give it a go, and let us know the cost.</blockquote>

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