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Prednisone Oral Tablets

Last Updated: January 15, 2023
Status: Current

Products Affected - Description
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-0017-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 10 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00054-0017-29
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 2.5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-8740-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 20 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-0018-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 20 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00054-0018-29
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00054-4728-31
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 48 count, NDC 00591-5442-43
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00591-5052-01
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 21 count, NDC 00591-5052-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 48 count, NDC 00591-5052-43
Reason for the Shortage
    • Cadista has all prednisone tablet presentations available.
    • Hikma is allocating prednisone tablets to ensure all customers get adequate supply during COVID-19.
    • Par has prednisone tablets available.
    • Teva did not provide a reason for the shortage.
Available Products
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0171-06
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0171-10
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0173-06
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 10 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0173-10
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 20 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0175-06
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 20 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 59746-0175-09
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0172-06
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0172-10
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-4741-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00054-4741-31
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 1 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-8739-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-0017-20
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 2.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-4742-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 20 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-0018-20
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-4728-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-8724-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 50 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-0019-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 50 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00054-0019-20
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00603-5335-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00603-5335-32
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00603-5338-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00603-5338-28
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00603-5338-32
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 21 count, NDC 00603-5338-15
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 48 count, NDC 00603-5338-31
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 2.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00603-5336-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 20 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00603-5339-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 20 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00603-5339-28
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 20 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00603-5339-32
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00603-5337-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00603-5337-32
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 21 count, NDC 00603-5337-15
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Par Pharmaceuticals, 5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 48 count, NDC 00603-5337-31
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00591-5442-01
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 10 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00591-5442-05
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 10 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00591-5442-10
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 21 count, NDC 00591-5442-21
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 20 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00591-5443-01
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 20 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00591-5443-05
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 20 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00591-5443-10
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00591-5052-10

Estimated Resupply Dates

    • Hikma has prednisone 2.5 mg tablets in unit-dose packages, 5 mg tablets in 1,000-count bottles, 10 mg tablets in 100-count and 500-count bottles, and 20 mg tablets in 100-count and 500-count bottles on allocation.
    • Teva has prednisone 5 mg tablets in 21-count and 48-count blister packs, 5 mg tablets in 100-count bottles, and 10 mg tablets in 48-count blister packs on back order and the company estimates a release date of mid-to-late-January 2023 for the 5 mg in 21-count and 48-count blister packs, mid-February for the 5 mg tablets in 100-count bottles, and late-January to early-February 2023 for the 10 mg tablets in 48-count blister packs.

Updated

Updated January 15, 2023 by Elyse MacDonald, PharmD, MS, BCPS. Created May 15, 2019 by Leslie Jensen, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. © 2023, Drug Information Service, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

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