Number of Prescribed Items Year ended 31 March 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Buspirone Hydrochloride 18,422 19,020 17,599 18,303 19,802 Chlordiazepoxide 103,677 100,113 95,274 90,629 88,286 Diazepam 647,193 670,641 680,770 704,114 737,429 Loprazolam 48,845 46,923 46,711 46,469 44,038 Lorazepam 72,213 69,326 65,162 62,855 63,824 Lormetazepam 58,850 60,709 59,918 51,790 52,053 Nitrazepam 288,512 273,927 258,282 245,181 231,777 Oxazepam 29,890 29,303 27,522 25,105 24,312 Temazepam 584,122 548,001 517,397 481,836 455,416 Total 1,851,724 1,817,963 1,768,635 1,726,282 1,716,937 Number of Prescribed Items (Continued) Year ended 31 March 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Buspirone Hydrochloride 20,756 21,751 22,014 22,372 22,190 Chlordiazepoxide 84,801 81,359 78,180 73,999 71,332 Diazepam 757,251 779,249 791,309 812,299 833,933 Loprazolam 41,036 37,069 33,112 28,357 26,098 Lorazepam 65,215 66,415 69,450 73,681 77,699 Lormetazepam 51,682 49,170 49,367 47,935 47,605 Nitrazepam 219,797 207,423 195,170 185,171 177,457 Oxazepam 23,081 22,105 20,846 19,931 19,660 Temazepam 433,130 412,417 392,512 376,364 367,177 Total 1,696,749 1,676,958 1,651,960 1,640,109 1,643,151 Gross Ingredient Cost (£) Year ended 31 March 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Buspirone Hydrochloride 399,199 423,441 397,898 413,498 455,239 Chlordiazepoxide 78,258 86,533 248,744 237,337 230,444 Diazepam 252,930 279,044 695,635 1,078,186 958,853 Loprazolam 197,907 268,918 295,028 265,550 251,574 Lorazepam 50,805 47,940 54,968 112,112 148,732 Lormetazepam 81,841 83,106 86,334 142,617 228,585 Nitrazepam 135,235 140,102 455,560 461,028 351,268 Oxazepam 20,510 19,761 22,290 44,092 55,067 Temazepam 1,022,121 965,009 927,608 851,460 753,603 Total 2,238,806 2,313,854 3,184,064 3,605,882 3,433,366 Gross Ingredient Cost (£) (Continued) Year Ended 31 March 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Buspirone Hydrochloride 467,600 477,113 489,970 717,699 1,069,020 Chlordiazepoxide 221,551 213,026 203,841 222,808 296,581 Diazepam 925,724 840,695 844,871 1,186,337 2,257,269 Loprazolam 236,572 218,511 195,069 171,601 177,123 Lorazepam 160,688 161,166 160,721 272,148 755,113 Lormetazepam 248,779 239,456 238,833 390,429 1,525,134 Nitrazepam 308,668 261,635 244,572 265,528 417,157 Oxazepam 53,761 51,236 47,257 60,438 131,244 Temazepam 693,590 657,513 605,415 562,558 564,022 Total 3,316,933 3,120,350 3,030,550 3,849,546 7,192,663 The information in the tables has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland...