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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2026/041

Medicine Supply Notification: Methylprednisolone (Medrone®) 100mg tablets

MSN/2026/041 Tier 2 · medium · issued 01 Sep 2026

Methylprednisolone has been notified short 2 times since 2022 — see the full history →
Reference
MSN/2026/041
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
01 Sep 2026
Expected back
w/c 5 October 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.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Methylprednisolone (Medrone®) 100mg tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedw/c 5 October 2026precision: a stated week · window end 11 Oct 2026, derived from “w/c 5 October 2026”notice of 01 Sep 2026
Methylprednisolone 500mg and 1000mg powder for solution for injectionsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 01 Sep 2026

What changed

  1. 01 Sep 2026Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 01 Sep 2026Expected backsource post

Provenance

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Recorded
01 Sep 2026 19:56 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
01 Sep 2026 19:56 UTC
Content hash
be4ee1aa53b3b9fcc0433f4f077831d196677fbce68b8d98423d4f0992b33379
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-methylprednisolone-medrone-100mg-tablets/ ↗
Parser version
3
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