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(asked on 3rd June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions GPs have issued for Lariam in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 9th June 2016

Information is not collected centrally on the number of prescriptions issued. However, information is available on the number of prescription items dispensed for Lariam.

Number of prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community, in England, for Lariam, 2010 to 2015

Year

Items (000’s)

2010

14.5

2011

15.6

2012

17.7

2013

18.0

2014

17.6

2015

16.1

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre

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