Table 1.

Commonly-prescribed unlicensed medicines¹³

Medicine	Type of unlicensed medicine	Number of items Quarter 1 2015/2016
Colecalciferol 20 000 unit capsulesa	Food supplement	17 213
Melatonin 1 mg/1 mL oral solution‘	Special order’ product	10 142
Melatonin 3 mg capsules	Non-UK Food supplement	8002
Diltiazem 2% cream	‘Special order’ product	4967
Omeprazole 10 mg/5 mL oral suspension	‘Special order’ product	4751
Midazolam oromucosal solution 10 mg/1 ml	‘Special order’ product	4993
Magnesium glycerophosphate 97.2 mg tablets	Food supplement	4303
Midodrine 5 mg tablets	Non-UK import	3243
Metolazone 2.5 mg tablets	Discontinued product	2653
Acetylcysteine 600 mg capsules	Food supplement	1812

^aLicensed product now available