National Patient Safety Alert · NatPSA/2025/001/DHSC

National Patient Safety Alert: Discontinuation of Promixin® (colistimethate) 1-million unit powder for nebuliser solution unit dose vials

NatPSA/2025/001/DHSC issued 17 Mar 2025

Reference: NatPSA/2025/001/DHSC
Kind: National Patient Safety Alert
Issued: 17 Mar 2025
Expected back: mid-April and late March 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes: 3
Source: Announcement post ↗
Recovered from the Internet Archive · archived 18 Mar 2025 — not first-hand capture, dated by its own stated issue date (see methodology).

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Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Promixin® (colistimethate) 1-million-unit powder for nebuliser solution unit dose vials (UDVs)affected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 17 Mar 2025
Colicym® (colistimethate) 1million-unit powder for nebuliser solution unit dose vialsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 17 Mar 2025
Colomycin® (colistimethate) 1million-unit and 2million-unit powder for solution for injection, infusion or inhalation vialsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Limited supply, as stated⚠ the source line states more than one status — first stated shown	mid- April 2025precision: mid-month · window end 20 Apr 2025, derived from “mid- April 2025”	notice of 17 Mar 2025

What changed

17 Mar 2025National Patient Safety Alert issuedsource post
17 Mar 2025Product discontinuedsource post
17 Mar 2025Expected backsource post

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Recorded: 18 Mar 2025 08:58 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
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Capture route: Recovered from the Internet Archive — not first-hand capture
Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 18 Mar 2025 08:58 UTC
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-discontinuation-of-promixin-colistimethate-1-million-unit-powder-for-nebuliser-solution-unit-dose-vials ↗
Archive capture: https://web.archive.org/web/20250318085841id_/https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-discontinuation-of-promixin-colistimethate-1-million-unit-powder-for-nebuliser-solution-unit-dose-vials ↗
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