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Lamotrigine

As of 06 Nov 2026 05:03 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2023/100 Tier 2 · issued 24 Oct 2023 (1109 days ago)
Expected backmid-February 2024 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (990 days)window end 20 Feb 2024, derived from “mid-February 2024”
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/2023/100 (24 Oct 2023): 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
Generic lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedmid-February 2024precision: mid-month · window end 20 Feb 2024, derived from “mid-February 2024”notice of 24 Oct 2023
Branded lamotrigine (Lamictal®) 2mg and 5mg dispersible tabletsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 24 Oct 2023

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

  • Branded lamotrigine (Lamictal®) 2mg and 5mg dispersible tablets — 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 — Lamotrigine

Also known as
Lamictal 100mg dispersible tablets · Lamictal 100mg tablets · Lamictal 200mg tablets · Lamictal 25mg dispersible tablets · Lamictal 25mg tablets · Lamictal 2mg dispersible tablets · +26 more
BNF chemical
Lamotrigine 0408010H0 — matched on a generic name
Class
Control of epilepsy · Antiepileptic drugs · Central Nervous System
SNOMED codes
10197611000001107, 10197811000001106, 10198011000001104, 10204511000001100, 10205211000001102 and 249 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · AAH Hillcross · Accord-UK Ltd · Actavis UK Ltd · Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd · Apotex UK Ltd · +31 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.

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

Notified short 2 times on record since 2023. 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
24 Oct 2023Medicine Supply Notification: Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tabletsSupply notificationTier 2MSN/2023/100
15 Feb 2023Medicine Supply Notification: Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tabletsSupply notificationTier 2MSN/2023/017

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
31 Oct 2023
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-lamotrigine-5mg-dispersible-tablets-2 · 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.