Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2026/002

Medicine Supply Notification: Buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone® ) 2mg/500microgram and 8mg/2mg sublingual tablets

MSN/2026/002 Tier 2 · medium · issued 15 Jan 2026

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

Reference: MSN/2026/002
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 15 Jan 2026
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
Buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone®) 2mg/500microgram and 8mg/2mg sublingual tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 15 Jan 2026
Various strengths (0.7mg/0.18mg, 1.4mg/0.36mg, 5.7mg/1.4mg, 8.6mg/2.1mg, and 11.4mg/2.9mg) of short-dated buprenorphine/naloxone (Zubsolv®) sublingual tabletsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available⚠ the source line states more than one status — first stated shown	— not stated for this line	notice of 15 Jan 2026
Branded and generic buprenorphine sublingual tablets (2mg and 8mg) and buprenorphine oral lyophilisate 2mg and 8mg (Espranor®)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 15 Jan 2026

What changed

15 Jan 2026Supply notification issuedsource post
15 Jan 2026Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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Recorded

12 Jul 2026 14:43 UTC

Capture route

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Read from

Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)

Captured at

12 Jul 2026 14:43 UTC

Content hash

f8cd6b595a1698b95032487a11de1e59585312efe2478048d2fd122f477f3782

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Source document

https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-buprenorphine-naloxone-suboxone-2mg-500microgram-and-8mg-2mg-sublingual-tablets ↗

Parser version

Source anomalies

multiple statuses on one line (['available', 'tbc']) — recorded 'available' (source line omitted; see the source document)

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