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Ipratropium Bromide

As of 01 Nov 2026 16:33 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2024/076 Tier 2 · issued 15 Jul 2024 (839 days ago)
Expected backlate March 2025 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (580 days)window end 31 Mar 2025, derived from “late March 2025”
Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register
ScotlandMSAN(2024)42 issued 17 Jul 2024 — NHS Scotland's own notice, matched by name; kept separate from England

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2024/076 (15 Jul 2024): 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
Ipratropium bromide 250micrograms/1ml and 500micrograms/2ml nebuliser solutionaffected product · inferred from phrasingLimited supply, as statedlate March 2025precision: late in the month · window end 31 Mar 2025, derived from “late March 2025”notice of 15 Jul 2024
Ipratropium bromide 20microgram/dose inhalersnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 15 Jul 2024
Salbutamol 2.5mg/2.5ml / ipratropium bromide 500micrograms/2.5ml nebuliser solutionnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing · its own page →Stated as available; cannot support an uplift in demand— not stated for this linenotice of 15 Jul 2024

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

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

Identifiers — Ipratropium Bromide

Also known as
Atrovent 20micrograms/dose Autohaler · Atrovent 20micrograms/dose inhaler · Atrovent 20micrograms/dose inhaler CFC free · Atrovent 250micrograms/1ml nebuliser liquid UDVs · Atrovent 40microgram Aerocaps · Atrovent 40microgram Aerocaps with Aerohaler · +20 more
BNF chemical
Ipratropium bromide 0301020I0 — matched on a generic name
Class
Antimuscarinic bronchodilators · Bronchodilators · Respiratory System
SNOMED codes
10453411000001106, 10453611000001109, 11006111000001102, 11006311000001100, 15213511000001109 and 51 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Accord-UK Ltd · Advanz Pharma · Alissa Healthcare Research Ltd · Arrow Generics Ltd · Ashbourne Pharmaceuticals Ltd · +12 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 'Ipratropium bromide' appears under 2 BNF codes; 0301020I0 (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, 15 Jul 2024. 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.

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

NHS Scotland issues its own Medicine Supply Alert Notices. These match this medicine's name; they are shown beside, never added to, the England record.

Last checked
20 Oct 2026 — sources are checked twice daily by scheduled jobs, not continuously
Last source change
19 Oct 2026
Latest notice captured
13 Aug 2024
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-ipratropium-bromide-250micrograms-1ml-and-500micrograms-2ml-nebuliser-liquid-unit-dose-vials · 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.