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Glycerol

As of 03 Nov 2026 22:51 UTC. Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.

Latest England noticeMSN/2022/043 Tier 2 · issued 10 May 2022 (1638 days ago)
Expected backmid-June 2022 as stated in the latest recorded noticethe latest of 2 dates stated for this notice's lines (earliest “mid-May 2022”); 2 of 2 stated windows have passed stated date passed — no update recorded (1597 days)window end 20 Jun 2022, derived from “mid-June 2022”
Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register
Scotlandno NHS Scotland alert matched to this name (separate record)

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2022/043 (10 May 2022): the product named, the status the source stated, and the expected-back phrase kept as written. Not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Glycerol 1g suppositoriesaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedmid-June 2022precision: mid-month · window end 20 Jun 2022, derived from “mid-June 2022”notice of 10 May 2022
Glycerol 4g suppositoriesaffected product · inferred from phrasingLimited supply, as statedmid-May 2022precision: mid-month · window end 20 May 2022, derived from “mid-May 2022”notice of 10 May 2022
Glycerol 2g suppositoriesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 10 May 2022

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register. Matching is by name until identifier coding lands.

Named in the source as remaining available

  • Glycerol 2g suppositories — named by the source as remaining available (inferred from phrasing)

Only names the source itself listed, as it listed them (source post ↗). No substitution, dosing or counselling advice is given here or implied.

Identifiers — Glycerol

Also known as
Glycerol 1g suppositories · Glycerol 2g suppositories · Glycerol 4g suppositories · Senokot Direct Relief 4g suppositories
BNF chemical
Glycerol 0106020L0 — matched on a generic name
Class
Stimulant laxatives · Laxatives · Gastro-Intestinal System
SNOMED codes
10725711000001108, 11749511000001107, 174911000001107, 17918211000001103, 197811000001100 and 31 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Actavis UK Ltd · DE Pharmaceuticals · IVAX Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd · Martindale Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd · +5 more (from the dataset, not from the notices)

BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (presentation name), confidence 0.90 — grouping under review where marked Release Jul 2026. chemical 'Glycerol' appears under 2 BNF codes; 0106020L0 (most presentations) taken.

BNF SNOMED mapping, NHSBSA Copyright 2026; Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data, NHSBSA Copyright 2026. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

History

One supply notification on record, 10 May 2022. We record when a shortage is declared, not when stock returns — the source doesn't publish that. An update sharing a reference counts as one episode.

IssuedNoticeKindTierReference
10 May 2022Medicine Supply Notification: Glycerol 1g and 4g suppositoriesSupply notificationTier 2MSN/2022/043

Also recorded under

No other name appears in this medicine's notice titles. Grouping is by the head name in each title; brand and generic names may still sit on separate pages until identifier coding refines it — see the A–Z.

Scotland — separate record

No NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice on record matches this name. Scotland is a separate record (all Scotland alerts); absence here is not a statement about supply in Scotland.

Last checked
20 Oct 2026 — sources are checked twice daily by scheduled jobs, not continuously
Last source change
19 Oct 2026
Latest notice captured
21 Jul 2024
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-glycerol-1g-and-4g-suppositories · methodology · corrections log

Re-expressed facts with links to the source documents; roles are inferred from phrasing and flagged; fuzzy dates stay fuzzy. Not an official NHS or DHSC service and not clinical advice — in a shortage, follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy or prescriber. Absence of a record is never availability.