Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2025/023

Medicine Supply Notification: Fentanyl (Durogesic® DTrans®) patches

MSN/2025/023 Tier 2 · medium · issued 15 Apr 2025

Fentanyl has been notified short 3 times since 2022 — see the full history →

Reference: MSN/2025/023
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 15 Apr 2025
Expected back: December 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes: 2
Source: Announcement post ↗

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
Durogesic® DTrans® 75micrograms/hour patchesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	December 2025precision: a month · window end 31 Dec 2025, derived from “December 2025”	notice of 15 Apr 2025
Durogesic® DTrans® 12micrograms/hour patchesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	December 2025precision: a month · window end 31 Dec 2025, derived from “December 2025”	notice of 15 Apr 2025
Durogesic® DTrans® 25micrograms/hour and 50micrograms/hour patchesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	December 2025precision: a month · window end 31 Dec 2025, derived from “December 2025”	notice of 15 Apr 2025
Durogesic® DTrans® 100micrograms/hour patchesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	December 2025precision: a month · window end 31 Dec 2025, derived from “December 2025”	notice of 15 Apr 2025
Alternative brands of fentanyl matrix patches (Fencino®, Matrifen®, Mezolar®, Opiodur®, Yemex®)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 15 Apr 2025

What changed

15 Apr 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
15 Apr 2025Expected backsource post

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Recorded: 12 Jul 2026 14:46 UTC
Capture route: Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 12 Jul 2026 14:46 UTC
Content hash: a62e0085b6c5966aa89133fefdd7e53056424b38d1aa866c73cdfa1ff0ef7427
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-fentanyl-durogesic-dtrans-patches ↗
Parser version: 3

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