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Nortriptyline 10mg/5ml and 25mg/5ml oral solution sugar-free

MSAN(2024)27 · Level 2 · issued 30 May 2024

Reference
MSAN(2024)27
Issued
30 May 2024
Priority
Level 2
Valid until
Products are being discontinued as stated by the source
Source
Signed NHS Scotland notice (PDF) ↗

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.

ProductPositionResupply
Valid until: Products are being discontinuedDiscontinued—
1. Nortriptyline 10mg/5ml oral solution sugar-free has been discontinued; all supplies have nowDiscontinued—
2. Nortriptyline 25mg/5ml oral solution sugar-free will be discontinued from 1st November 2024.Discontinued—
3. Nortriptyline 10mg and 25mg tablets remain available and can support increased demand.Available—
4. Amitriptyline 10mg/5ml and 25mg/5ml oral solution sugar-free remain available and can supportAvailable—
Registration for access to the website is available to UK healthcare professionals andAvailable—

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:2024:27

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
b4fc76b7bc738d73d77cff45ea9d899134c2a73d6b6864ee10432635fc7eaa18
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/msan-2024-27.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.