Number of Prescribed Items Year Ended 31 March 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Buprenorphine 8,218 28,817 19,906 14,717 11,979 9,974 8,438 7,359 Codeine Phosphate 11,034 46,735 48,662 50,513 53,809 55,611 57,395 57,310 Dextromoramide 1,549 6,797 6,518 5,864 4,984 5,054 4,624 3,936 Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochloride 225 871 629 598 620 531 500 480 Diamorphine Hydrochloride 2,458 10,043 11,414 10,705 10,746 11,510 11,541 11,338 Dihydrocodeine Tartrate 80,089 346,669 358,454 352,186 370,623 393,817 417,445 432,116 Dipipanone with Cyclizine 2,941 11,722 11,549 10,695 10,174 8,831 8,145 7,335 Fentanyl 0 0 269 3,562 6,899 8,677 10,157 11,467 Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 813 2,604 3,961 Meptazinol 2,920 13,305 14,945 15,613 16,666 17,970 18,252 17,695 Methadone Hydrochloride 1,599 6,523 6,578 6,182 5,541 3,696 2,725 2,231 Morphine 16,170 68,860 78,627 85,589 88,853 96,408 104,556 107,455 Morphine and cocaine with chlorrpromazine 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cocaine 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cyclizine 1,175 4,695 4,914 4,534 3,899 3,870 4,106 3,760 Nalbuphine Hydrochloride 0 66 77 84 101 140 181 167 Opium 8 50 46 14 0 0 0 0 Oxycodone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 Paracetamol with Tramadol Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Papaverine Hydrochloride 32 97 68 0 0 0 0 0 Pentazocine 1,983 7,638 6,678 5,625 5,049 4,259 3,857 3,420 Pethidine Hydrochloride 3,869 16,100 17,086 17,287 16,410 16,533 16,682 15,673 Pethidine with Promethazine 4 12 8 4 3 2 1 3 Phenazocine Hydrobromide 112 514 554 523 551 677 608 501 Phenoperidine Hydrochloride 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Tramadol Hydrochloride 0 0 23,469 61,682 101,504 142,330 178,639 217,055 Total 134,386 569,517 610,455 645,979 708,411 780,704 850,341 904,390 Number of Prescribed Items (Continued) Year Ended 31 March 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Buprenorphine 6,107 5,473 7,011 9,671 12,020 15,669 28,757 Codeine Phosphate 57,870 57,637 59,030 60,275 61,929 66,427 68,876 Dextromoramide 3,505 3,386 3,303 606 0 0 0 Dextropropoxyphene Hydrocholride 1,216 965 736 477 37 0 0 Diamorphine Hydrochloride 11,839 12,707 13,034 12,388 11,731 6,568 7,107 Dihydrocodeine Tartrate 438,558 440,167 437,288 436,045 430,985 432,504 433,891 Dipipanone with Cyclizine 6,983 6,608 6,098 5,913 5,412 5,015 4,885 Fentanyl 13,154 17,237 22,461 26,850 30,780 38,094 46,421 Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 4,407 3,022 2,230 2,026 2,122 2,378 2,720 Meptazinol 16,362 14,583 13,196 12,113 11,629 11,329 10,819 Methadone Hydrochloride 1,848 1,498 1,609 1,820 1,971 1,771 2,119 Morphine 113,258 119,753 127,146 132,440 143,330 162,157 181,821 Morphine and cocaine with Chlorpromazine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cocaine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cyclizine 3,636 3,367 3,041 3,007 2,697 2,591 2,150 Nalbuphine Hydrochloride 286 267 275 259 98 0 0 Opium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oxycodone 5,562 13,922 23,206 33,591 45,237 58,452 74,519 Paracetamol with Tramadol Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 4,512 16,498 21,341 Papaverine Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pentazocine 2,720 2,314 2,163 2,001 1,671 1,446 1,231 Pethidine Hydrochloride 15,673 15,076 14,171 13,250 12,257 10,825 10,773 Pethidine with Promethazine 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 Phenazocine Hydrobromide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phenoperidne Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tramadol Hydrochloride 271,859 333,541 402,801 471,035 533,319 625,109 706,223 Total 974,846 1,051,525 1,138,800 1,223,768 1,311,738 1,456,833 1,603,653 Gross Ingredient Cost (£) Year Ended 31 March 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Buprenorphine 71,578 269,327 198,382 155,999 132,224 111,832 95,702 84,125 Codeine Phosphate 21,329 88,013 94,159 95,136 100,875 109,162 126,957 304,547 Dextromoramide 9,536 42,038 38,950 37,356 33,572 35,687 32,760 26,305 Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochloride 1,329 6,460 5,387 5,590 5,622 4,840 4,796 4,262 Diamorphine Hydrochloride 106,261 406,431 477,584 429,424 428,610 376,742 333,333 394,066 Dihydrocodeine Tartrate 281,691 1,280,646 1,381,572 1,253,929 1,309,074 1,478,041 1,590,516 2,375,759 Dipipanone with Cyclizine 18,938 78,286 84,345 82,050 80,886 73,360 66,994 64,121 Fentanyl 0 0 18,950 300,845 598,326 808,991 1,022,698 1,098,924 Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 34,354 103,814 154,301 Meptazinol 52,950 235,846 256,290 272,645 293,212 322,896 334,506 343,313 Methadone Hydrochloride 24,463 85,622 71,626 78,158 71,185 51,727 33,119 24,023 Morphine 311,946 1,372,177 1,565,245 1,716,888 1,716,855 1,850,828 1,998,005 1,987,443 Morphine and cocaine with Chlorpromazine 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cocaine 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cyclizine 10,227 41,431 45,593 47,051 41,371 47,957 40,449 38,695 Nalbuphine Hydrocholride 0 83,722 16,790 3,116 3,612 4,523 5,256 3,590 Opium 8 40 36 14 0 0 0 0 Oxycodone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,385 Paracetamol with Tramadol Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Papaverine Hydrochloride 336 1,403 807 0 0 0 0 0 Pentazocine 20,697 88,391 84,588 68,690 62,029 56,447 55,670 51,254 Pethidine Hydrochloride 3,235 13,744 15,783 46,063 60,999 71,137 73,253 87,516 Pethidine with Promethazine 22 51 49 22 17 17 7 11 Phenazocine Hydrobromide 2,545 13,192 14,800 15,834 16,593 20,252 18,672 12,588 Phenoperidine Hydrochloride 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 Tramadol Hydrochloride 937,093 4,106,829 4,370,947 4,608,811 4,955,063 5,458,799 5,936,507 7,062,976 Total 1,874,187 8,213,658 8,741,893 9,217,622 9,910,125 10,917,598 11,873,015 14,125,953 Gross Ingredient Cost (£) (Continued) Year ended 31 March 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Buprenorphine 70,486 64,729 172,639 355,844 522,518 707,918 1,344,903 Codeine Phosphate 322,690 280,466 287,418 294,912 298,692 371,879 492,260 Dextromoramide 22,503 23,851 24,198 3,846 0 0 0 Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochlodide 11,661 9,555 6,839 4,209 334 0 0 Diamorphine Hydrochloride 371,684 414,378 360,239 291,943 238,779 136,279 234,933 Dihydrocodeine Tartrate 2,362,362 2,203,650 2,304,317 2,345,958 2,355,434 2,441,864 2,776,922 Dipipanone with Cyclizine 59,793 57,804 55,417 55,209 52,669 59,795 62,713 Fentanyl 1,239.088 1,731,628 2,205,524 2,640,152 3,056,123 3,606,716 4,201,648 Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 169,125 130,419 90,003 99,262 105,295 118,336 132,387 Meptazinol 328,338 280,750 249,237 233,037 230,595 228,063 223,602 Methadone Hydrochloride 23,526 18,206 21,760 21,634 24,125 22,606 26,640 Morphine 2,050,265 2,185,490 2,054,670 2,115,789 2,204,656 2,263,405 2,429,128 Morphine and cocaine with Chlorpromazine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cocaine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morphine with cyclizine 38,316 35,822 34,982 31,168 29,474 31,029 29,090 Nalbuphine Hydrochloride 5,272 4,724 5,158 4,867 2,218 0 0 Opium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oxycodone 233,029 667,080 1,195,886 1,876,110 2,557,979 3,180,230 3,999,635 Paracetamol with Tramadol Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 64,874 261,684 363,871 Papaverine Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pentazocine 37,858 34,368 33,029 33,141 26,986 20,927 15,231 Pethidine Hydrochloride 74,880 74,672 72,681 70,414 67,613 59,503 60,810 Pethidine with Promethazine 20 8 7 1 7 0 0 Phenazocine Hydrobromide 12,588 369 0 0 0 0 0 Phenoperidine Hydrochloride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tramadol Hydrochloride 7,433,484 8,217,968 9,174,006 10,477,496 11,838,371 13,510,233 16,393,774 Total 14,866,968 16,435,937 18,348,012 20,954,992 23,676,741 27,020,467 32,787,549 The information in the table has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland...