Adult Nutrition

Prescribing intelligence for adult nutrition therapies

The majority of spend and scripts within the adult nutrition sector in UK primary care are for liquid oral nutritional supplements (ONS), prescribed to treat malnutrition. Tube feeds for adults are another high cost category in this sector.

This sector also covers specialist products to assist the dietary management of conditions such as Phenylketonuria (PKU), Homocystinuria (HCU) and maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), and ketogenic diet foods.

The RxIndex below monitors the performance of the top adult liquid ONS brands.