The medicine company Lupin has discontinued its version of levetiracetam – called Levetiracetam-Lupin – in the UK. This medicine is no longer available.
If you take this version of levetiracetam, you’ll need to switch to another version. If you have any concerns about this, speak to your doctor, epilepsy nurse or pharmacist.
The following versions of levetiracetam are currently out of stock in the UK:
Accord 100mg tablets. Accord does not know when they will be back in stock.
Accord 250mg tablets. Due back in stock from October 2017.
Accord 500mg tablets. Due back in stock from August 2017.
Accord 750mg tablets. Accord does not know when they will be back in stock.
Accord 1000mg tablets. Accord does not know when they will be back in stock.
Actavis 250mg tablets. Actavis does not know when they will be back in stock.
The following prolonged release acetazolamide capsules are out of stock in the UK:
Both companies expect to have these medicines back in stock at the end of September.
Normal release acetazolamide tablets, called Diamox without SR in the name, are still in stock.
Frisium (clobazam) 10mg tablets made by Sanofi are out of stock. New stock is expected the week beginning 7th August.
If you are going to run out before then, ask your pharmacist to ring Sanofi to find if there are stockists who still have supplies.
Some versions of pregabalin are low in stock.
Pfizer’s liquid version of pregabalin – called Lyrica – is low in stock. This is because of a problem with the bottle closure. Pfizer are not expecting any new stock until at least July 2017.
TEVA’s version of pregabalin is also very low in stock in all doses. TEVA do not know when they will have more in stock.
Other versions of pregabalin marketed by Actavis (under the brand name Lecaent) and Consilient (under the brand name Rewisca) currently have no supply problems.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is permanently discontinuing retigabine (Trobalt) from June 2017. It will no longer be available after June.
Essential Pharma has discontinued its version of ethosuximide syrup, Emeside.
If you take Emeside syrup, you will need to switch to a generic version of ethosuximide syrup. This is because the other branded version of the syrup, called Zarontin, has also been discontinued.
If you have any concerns about this, speak to your doctor, epilepsy nurse of pharmacist.
The medicine company Pfizer has stopped making its version of ethosuximide syrup, called Zarontin.
If you take Zarontin, you will need to switch to a different manufacturer’s version of ethosuximide syrup.
If you have any concerns about this, speak to your doctor, epilepsy nurse or pharmacist.
UPDATED GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has told us it is having problems with the supply of Lamictal. This is due to manufacturing problems.
Actavis has discontinued its version of lamotrigine and there are no stocks left. This applies to both the dispersible and non-dispersible tablets.
