Request

Number of prescriptions issued in the UK for tadalafil 5 mg for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Please could this be displayed per month.

Date range: 01/02/2023 - 11/12/2025

Response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.

We hold English prescription data for tadalafil 5mg tablets, dispensed in the community in England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

This is published in the EPD dataset.

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-dataset-epd-with-snomed-code

The EPD dataset contains over 1 million rows and cannot be fully opened in spreadsheet programs like Excel. To access the data effectively, apply filters before downloading.

Filter on the BNF_PRESENTATION_NAME Tadalafil 5 mg tablets (and brand names if the branded prescribing is also required).

For further guidance, refer to the user guide on filtering large datasets:

https://scribehow.com/viewer/Download_English_Prescribing_Dataset_EPD_Filtered_Records_Step-by-Step__MJZhcJhaRB20YA2hn7qy1Q

Tadalafil is within BNF paragraph 7.4.5, pharmacological and therapeutic classification that includes medicines categorised as drugs for erectile dysfunction.

We do not capture the clinical indication of a prescription, so there may be instances where this drug is used for other conditions.

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21