https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/pregabalin

Pregabalin: Spending on 'new valium' greater in north
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/pregabalin

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Pregabalin: Spending on 'new valium' greater in north

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/pregabalin
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2017-10-18T09:29:32.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-10-18T12:35:20.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:28:06.981Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: drugs, health, pregabalin, prescriptions
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41441857
• Size: 253 KB
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# Pregabalin: Spending on 'new valium' greater in north

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/Pregabalin/master/Pregabalin%20%20Spending%20on%20%20new%20valium%20%20greater%20in%20north%20%20%20BBC%20News.png)

In October 2017 we [reported](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41441857) that prescribing rates for a valium-like drug linked to 111 deaths in a year varied widely across England. This was based on an analysis of data from the NHS-funded open data website **OpenPrescribing**.

## Get the data

* Open Prescribing: [Items for Pregabalin vs patients on list by all CCGs](https://openprescribing.net/analyse/#org=CCG&numIds=0408010AE&denom=total_list_size&selectedTab=summary)

* CSV: [Items for Pregabalin vs patients on list by all CCGs in July 2017](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/Pregabalin/blob/master/items%20for%20pregabalin%20per%201%2C000%20patients%20on%20list.csv)

## Visualisation

* Multiple bar chart: Spending on Pregabalin by region, 2016-17 vs 2013-14

* Line chart: Rise in the use of Pregabalin in England, 2006-2016

* Bar chart: Where the most was spent on Pregabalin (July 2017)