Resolved Drug Shortages: Vecuronium Injection
Thursday, 02 August 2012 09:39
Alcohol Dehydrated (Ethanol > 98%)
3/13/2012
American Regent/Luitpold
631-924-4000
Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676
3/14/2012
Hospira, Inc.
1-877-946-7747
American Regent/Luitpold
631-924-4000
3/2/2012
631-924-4000American Regent has ammonium molybdate injection available.
Anadrol-50 tablets (Oxymetholone Tablets)
3/21/2012
Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc.:732-564-2200The product is now available.AsmanexTwisthaler 110 mcg
(Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder)
6/5/2012Merck National Service Center
1-800-672-6372 No supply issue anticipated.Avalide (irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide) Tablets 3/2/2012Bristol-Myers Squibb
1-800-321-1335No further supply issues anticipated.Bleomycin Injection 3/14/2012APP
1-888-386-1300 Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800 Hospira Inc.
1-877-946-7747No supply issues anticipatedCalcitriol 1 mcg/mL Injection 1/9/2012Abbott Laboratories
1-800-255-5162Abbott has supplies available for ordering.Calcitriol 1 mcg/mL Injection
7/31/2012American Regent/Luitpold
1-800-645-1706
APP Pharmaceuticals
1-888-386-1300
Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676No supply issue anticipated.Calcium Chloride Injection
7/31/2012Hospira Inc.
1-877-946-7747
American Regent/Luitpold
1-800-645-1706
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Customer Service
1--800-423-4136No supply issue anticipated.Calcium Gluconate Injection 3/21/2012APP
1-888-386-1300 American Regent/Luitpold
1-800-645-1706No supply issue anticipated.Capastat (capreomycin) injection
(2/24/12 to 3/21/12)Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676No supply issue anticipated.Cerezyme (imiglucerase for injection) 3/21/2012Genzyme Corporation
1-800-745-4447, option 2Please see the Dear U.S. Healthcare Provider Letter (PDF - 105KB)
Cisplatin injection 1 mg/mL solution
7/31/2012
APP
1-888-386-1300
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
Bedford
1-800-562-4797
(12/21/2011-3/23/2012)
Mylan Institutional
1-888-258-4199
Sandoz Customer Service:
1-609-627-8500
3/14/2012
APP
1-888-386-1300
American Regent, Inc.
1-800-645-1706
(5/9/2012-7/31/2012)Sanofi-Aventis
1-800-981-2491No supply issue anticipated.Dexamethasone Injection 3/21/2012American Regent/Luitpold
(1-800-645-1706)
APP
(1-888-386-1300)
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1-888-229-0001
Pfizer
1-800-533-4535No supply issue anticipated.Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel 1% (Voltaren) 100 gram Tubes (NDC 63481-684- 47)
5/3/2012 Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.
1-800-452-0051 or 1-888-477-2403 No further supplies issues are anticipated.Diltiazem Injection
7/31/2012West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Customer Service
1-800-631-2174
Hospira Customer Service
(1-877-946-7747)
Bedford Customer Service
1-800-562-4797
Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676
No supply issue anticipated.Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Injection
7/31/2012APP
1-888-386-1300
Hospira Customer Service
(1-877-946-7747)
Mylan Institutional
1-888-258-4199
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1-800-631-2174No supply issue anticipated.Doxorubicin Solution for Injection
7/31/2012APP
1-888-386-1300
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
Bedford
1-800-562-4797
Pfizer Injectables
1-800-533-4535
No supply issue anticipated.Etoposide solution for injection
7/31/2012Bedford Customer Service:
1-800-562-4797
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
APP
1-888-386-1300
BMS Customer Service
1-800-426-7644
Accord Healthcare
Customer Service:
919-941-7879No supply issue anticipated.Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta)
3/21/2012Genzyme Corporation
1-800-745-4447, option 2Please see the Dear Heathcare Provider Letter (PDF - 296KB)
7/31/2012
Mylan Institutional
1-888-258-4199
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
APP
1-888-386-1300
3/23/2012
APP
1-888-386-1300
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1-800-631-2174
Haloperidol Decanoate Injection
3/23/2012
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
Ortho-McNeil Janssen
1-800-526-7736
APP Pharmaceuticals
1-888-386-1300
Patriot Pharmaceuticals, LLC.
1-800-631-5273
3/21/2012
Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676
American Regent/Luitpold
1-800-645-1706
Insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection solution
(Apidra SoloStar)
5/31/2012
1-800-981-2491No supply issue anticipated.
2/14/2012
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1-888-229-0001
No further supply issues anticipated.
Labetalol Hydrochloride Injection
3/14/2012
Akorn Customer Service 1-800-932-5676
Hospira, Inc.
1-877-946-7747
Sagent pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1-866-625-1618
No supply issues anticipated.Levaquin Injection3/15/2012Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:1-800-Janssen (1-800-526-7736)
No supply issue anticipated.Levofloxacin Injection
7/31/2012Akorn Pharmaceuticals
1-800-932-5676
Sagent pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1-866-625-1618
Sandoz
Customer Service:
1-609-627-8500
No supply issue anticipated.Levoleucovorin (Fusilev) 50 mg single use vials
7/31/2012
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
1-877-387-4538 or 1-877-FUSILEVNo supply issue anticipated.L-cysteine Hydrochloride 3/14/2012American Regent/Luitpold
631-924-4000 Sandoz
1-609-627-8500No supply issues anticipated.Mesna 100 mg/mL Injection
7/31/2012Sagent Pharmaceticals:
1-866-625-1618
APP
1-888-386-1300
Bedford:
1-800-562-4797
Teva:
1-800-545-8800
Baxter Customer Service:
1-800-ANA-DRUG
(1-800-262-3784)
Mylan Institutional
1-888-258-4199No supply issue anticipated.Methotrexate Injection (1gm/40ml)
(Preservative free)
(5/15/2012)Hospira, Inc.
Customer Service
1-877-946-7747Temporary importation of Canadian approved Methotrexate Injection 1gm/40ml (25mg/ml) has been ceased due to stability in the market for this presentation.Dear Healthcare Provider Letter (PDF - 353KB)
7/31/2012
Sandoz Customer Service:
1-609-627-8500
Mallinckrodt Customer Service:
(800) 325-8888
UCB Customer Service:
1-800-477-7877
Watson Customer Service:
(973) 355-8300
Methylphenidate Transdermal System (Daytrana)
7/31/2012
866.663.2539No supply issue anticipated.
3/2/2012
Teva Pharmaceuticals1-800-545-8800No further supply issues anticipated.
Neostigmine methylsulfate injection
2/7/2012
American Regent/Luitpold631-924-4000
APP
1-888-386-1300
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
(1-888-229-0001)
Neupro (rotigotine transdermal system)
7/25/2012
800-477-7877No supply issue anticipated.
Norepinephrine Bitartrate Injection
2/7/2012
Hospira Customer Service1-877-946-7747
Sandoz
1-888-229-0001
Teva Pharmaceutical
1-800-545-8800
Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride) Extended-Release Tablets
3/12/2012
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc1-800-462-3636 No supply issues anticipated.
Orphenadrine Citrate Injection
(1/23/2012- 7/31/2012)
Akorn:
1-800-932-5676
Bedford Customer Service 1-800-562-4797
Sagent:
1-866-625-1618
Watson Customer Service:
(973) 355-8300
(7/13/2012-7/31/2012)
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Customer Service:
1-888-726-2299
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1/862-778-8300
Generic product from Ranbaxy will be available in October.
Oxytocin Injection, USP (synthetic)
7/31/2012
APP
1-888-386-1300
JHP Pharma
1-877-547-4547
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Customer Service:
1-888-229-0001
7/31/2012
Sandoz:
1-800-525-8747
APP
1-888-386-1300
Hospira Inc. Customer Service:
1-877-946-7747
Bedford Laboratories
1-800-562-4797
Teva
1-800-545-8800
Sagent Pharmaceticals
1-866-625-1618
Pfizer
Customer Service:
Pfizer Injectables
1-800-533-4535
No supply issue anticipated.
2/7/2012
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Customer Service:1-888-229-0001
Sandoz Customer Service:
1-609-627-8500
American Regent Customer Service:
1-800-645-1706
American Regent currently does not have all presentations being manufactured.
3/14/2012
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC1-800-633-1610No supply issues anticipated.
Sodium Chloride 14.6% Injection
2/13/2012
Hospira Customer Service1-877-946-7747
APP
1-888-386-1300
(5/29/2012- 7/31/2012)
Sodium Nitrite; Sodium Thiosulfate Injection
(5/29/12- 7/31/12)
Hope Pharmaceuticals Customer Service:
1-800-755-9595
No supply issue anticipated.
3/21/2012
Hospira, Inc. Customer Service:
1-877-946-7747
American Regent/Luitpold
1-800-645-1706
(5/29/2012- 7/31/2012)
No supply issues anticipated.Vecuronium Injection
7/31/2012Bedford Laboratories
Customer Service
1-800-562-4797
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
1-800-818-4555
Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800
Hospira, Inc. Customer Service:
1-877-946-7747
Sagent Pharmaceticals
1-866-625-1618
Pfizer
Customer Service:
Pfizer Injectables
1-800-533-4535No supply issue anticipated.Vincristine Sulfate Injection 2/13/2012Hospira Customer Service
1-877-946-7747Teva Pharmaceuticals
1-800-545-8800No further supply issues anticipated.XENON Xe 133 Gas
6/14/2012Lantheus Medical Imaging
1-800-299-3431 No supply issue anticipated.
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