Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2023/118

Medicine Supply Notification: Testosterone (Testim® ) 50mg/5g transdermal gel unit dose tubes

MSN/2023/118 Tier 2 · medium · issued 21 Dec 2023

Testosterone has been notified short 2 times since 2023 — see the full history →

Reference: MSN/2023/118
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 21 Dec 2023
Recorded changes: 2
Source: Announcement post ↗
Recovered from the Internet Archive · archived 24 Sep 2024 — not first-hand capture, dated by its own stated issue date (see methodology).

Presentations, as stated

Each product line re-expressed as the product named, the status the source stated and its expected-back phrase kept as written — not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock. Roles are inferred from phrasing.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Testosterone (Testim®) 50mg/5g transdermal gel unit dose tubesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 21 Dec 2023
Alternative testosterone preparations (Tostran®, Testavan® and Testogel®)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 21 Dec 2023

What changed

21 Dec 2023Supply notification issuedsource post
21 Dec 2023Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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Recorded: 28 Dec 2023 04:17 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
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Capture route: Recovered from the Internet Archive — not first-hand capture
Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 24 Sep 2024 16:25 UTC
Content hash: aa51a5850184dad490716a80671ec480f9d039e0107b89f39f9bb438ca2c1665
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-testosterone-testim-50mg-5g-transdermal-gel-unit-dose-tubes/?unlid=3213882592024924172516 ↗
Archive capture: https://web.archive.org/web/20240924162520id_/https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-testosterone-testim-50mg-5g-transdermal-gel-unit-dose-tubes/?unlid=3213882592024924172516 ↗
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