Medicine Supply Notification: Amiodarone 100mg and 200mg tablets
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Amiodarone 100mg and 200mg tablets
MSN/2025/056
Tier 2 – medium impact
Date of issue: 20th May 2025
- Amiodarone 100mg and 200mg tablets are in limited supply until w/c 17 November 2025
- Amiodarone suspension remains available (Specials).
- Unlicensed imports of amiodarone 100mg and 200mg tablets have been sourced (lead times vary).
- Alternative antiarrhythmics agents remain available.
Unlicensed products
The following companies have confirmed they can manufacture amiodarone suspension (Specials) in various strengths (including 100mg/5ml and 200mg/5ml) and pack sizes (please note there may be other companies that can also manufacture supplies)
The following specialist importer has confirmed they can source unlicensed amiodarone 100mg and 200mg tablets (please note there may be other companies that can also source supplies):
If there is currently no listing on dm+d for the imported product for prescribers to select using their prescribing systems an EPS prescription for the unlicensed product cannot be issued. Where a prescriber wishes to prescribe a specially manufactured or imported product, an FP10 paper prescription should be issued as ‘Amiodarone 100mg or 200mg tablets (Special Order)’ and endorsed by the pharmacy as a non-Part VIII special with the following information:
- Amount dispensed over pack size used;
- Invoice price per pack size from which the order was supplied less any discount or rebate;
- Manufacturers’/importers’ MHRA licence number;
- Batch number of the product supplied;
- SP
Further guidance on how prescriptions for unlicensed specials should be written can be found here.
A copy of this medicine supply notification, including supporting information, has been sent to all pharmacy NHS email addresses.
DHSC and NHS England have launched an online Medicines Supply Tool, which provides up-to-date information about medicine supply issues. The contents of these MSNs can now be viewed on the Tool.
The Tool also details any changes to resupply dates and updates to the entries.
To access the Tool you will need an NHS email address. Once set up and logged in, you will be able to access it online.
New shortages not listed on the SPS website, can be reported using our shortage reporting tool.
