Scotland · NHS Scotland MSAN
Salofalk® (mesalazine) 500mg and 1g suppositories – update to MSAN (2020)23
MSAN(2020)33 · issued 30 Apr 2020
What the notice states
The supply position for each affected product, as recorded in the notice — read the full signed PDF above for the clinical advice and actions.
| Product | Position | Resupply |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salofalk® 500mg suppositories are out of stock until mid June 2020. | Out of stock | mid June 2020 |
| 2. Salofalk® 1g suppositories are out of stock until late July 2020. | Out of stock | late July 2020 |
| 3. Pentasa® (mesalazine) 1g suppositories remain available during this period. | Available | — |
Provenance
Where this record's bytes came from and when they entered the record. The same fields ship with every API record (/api), so a citation can be checked against the capture. Internet-Archive recoveries are dated by the Archive's capture, never ours.
scot:msan:2020:33
- Recorded
- 13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
- Capture route
- Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
- Read from
- NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice (PDF)
- Captured at
- 13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
- Content hash
5fba16ac5f9db8427d11f152fe74ac8d401c01473fc9ac556f68b410469a2686sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct- Source document
- https://www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/msan-2020-33.pdf ↗
From the NHS Scotland notice PDF (linked above); dates and “valid until” text are as stated, fuzzy wording kept as written. Scotland is covered separately from England — see methodology. Not an official NHS service, and not clinical advice — follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy.