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Pregabalin: Spending on 'new valium' greater in north

Pregabalin: Spending on 'new valium' greater in north

In October 2017 we reported that prescribing rates for a valium-like drug linked to 111 deaths in a year varied widely across England. This was based on an analysis of data from the NHS-funded open data website OpenPrescribing.

Get the data

• Open Prescribing: Items for Pregabalin vs patients on list by all CCGs
• CSV: Items for Pregabalin vs patients on list by all CCGs in July 2017

Visualisation

• Multiple bar chart: Spending on Pregabalin by region, 2016-17 vs 2013-14
• Line chart: Rise in the use of Pregabalin in England, 2006-2016
• Bar chart: Where the most was spent on Pregabalin (July 2017)