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Pentoxifylline

https://shortagesignal.co.uk/medicine/pentoxifylline

As of 04 Nov 2026 05:17 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2022/087 Tier 2 · issued 25 Oct 2022 (1471 days ago)

Expected backearly November 2022 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1455 days)window end 10 Nov 2022, derived from “early November 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/2022/087 (25 Oct 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.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Pentoxifylline (Trental®) 400mg modified release tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	early November 2022precision: early in the month · window end 10 Nov 2022, derived from “early November 2022”	notice of 25 Oct 2022
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsulesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 25 Oct 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

Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules — 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 — Pentoxifylline

Also known as: Neotren MR 400mg tablets · Pentofin 400mg modified-release tablets · Pentoxifylline 100mg/5ml oral solution · Pentoxifylline 100mg/5ml oral suspension · Pentoxifylline 200mg/5ml oral solution · Pentoxifylline 400mg modified-release tablets · +1 more
BNF chemical: Pentoxifylline 0206040AG — matched on a generic name
Class: Peripheral vasodilators and related drugs · Nitrates, calcium-channel blockers & other antianginal drugs · Cardiovascular System
SNOMED codes: 13767411000001101, 15068511000001107, 27730811000001104, 27810411000001105, 32651211000001104 and 7 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset: Apotex UK Ltd · Neuraxpharm UK Ltd · Special Order (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

One supply notification on record, 25 Oct 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.

Issued	Notice	Kind	Tier	Reference
25 Oct 2022	Medicine Supply Notification: Pentoxifylline (Trental®) 400mg modified release tablets	Supply notification	Tier 2	MSN/2022/087

Also recorded under

Bracketed names seen in this medicine's notice titles: trental. 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.