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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2025/032

Medicine Supply Notification: Phenobarbital 15mg/5ml elixir

MSN/2025/032 Tier 2 · medium · issued 20 May 2025

Phenobarbital has been notified short 3 times since 2024 — see the full history →
Reference
MSN/2025/032
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
20 May 2025
Expected back
late June 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes
2
Source
Announcement post ↗

Presentations, as stated

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PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Phenobarbital 15mg/5ml elixir (500ml)affected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedlate June 2025precision: late in the month · window end 30 Jun 2025, derived from “late June 2025”notice of 20 May 2025
Specials of phenobarbital 15mg/5ml oral solution and phenobarbital 15mg/5ml oral suspensionunlicensed import named by the source · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 20 May 2025

What changed

  1. 20 May 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 20 May 2025Expected backsource post

Provenance

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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
87cc2cd03ec6a15d0c03363f87b952c340659fcb2f4a396b1d48f0c778c3235a
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Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-phenobarbital-15mg-5ml-elixir ↗
Parser version
3
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