Prescription items for obesity 2002-2020

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This statistic depicts the number of prescription items for the treatment of obesity prescribed in Primary Care and dispensed in the community in England, from 2002 to 2020. In 2020, there were approximately 294 thousand items of Orlistat dispensed.

Number of prescription items for the treatment of obesity in England from 2002 to 2020 (in 1,000)*

Characteristic	Orlistat	Sibutramine
2020	294	-
2019	355	-
2018	371	-
2017	402	-
2016	449	-
2015	485	-
2014	519	-
2013	563	-
2012	392	-
2011	898	-
2010	1,087	22
2009	1,080	370
2008	848	325
2007	827	294
2006	774	263
2005	645	226
2004	492	208
2003	484	203
2002	540	196

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2002 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Prescribed in primary care and dispensed in the community.

As of January 2010, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a statement advising the suspension of sibutramine. Therefore data on Sibutramine will be limited from 2010.

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