Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2025/068

Medicine Supply Notification: Nifedipine (Adipine® XL) 30mg and 60mg modified-release tablets

MSN/2025/068 Tier 2 · medium · issued 19 Dec 2025

Nifedipine has been notified short 3 times since 2025 — see the full history →

Reference: MSN/2025/068
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 19 Dec 2025
Expected back: the end of January 2026 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
Nifedipine (Adipine® XL) 30mg and 60mg modified-release tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	the end of January 2026precision: a month · window end 31 Jan 2026, derived from “the end of January 2026”	notice of 19 Dec 2025
Alternative brands of nifedipine 30mg and 60mg modified-release tabletsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 19 Dec 2025
Nifedipine (Coracten® XL) 30mg and 60mg modified-release capsulesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 19 Dec 2025

What changed

19 Dec 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
19 Dec 2025Expected backsource post

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Recorded: 12 Jul 2026 14:44 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 14:44 UTC
Content hash: 63b70b25a4402206448d23536fe218b9da5691aebc55cfd48079e8bbbc8f2535
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-nifedipine-adipine-xl-30mg-and-60mg-modified-release-tablets ↗
Parser version: 3

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