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Prednisone Oral Tablets Shortage

Last Updated: July 27, 2025
Status: Current

Products Affected - Description
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0171-06 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0171-10 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0173-06 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 10 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0173-10 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 20 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0175-06 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 20 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 59746-0175-09 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 59746-0172-06 - discontinued
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Cadista, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 59746-0172-10 - discontinued
    • 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, 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, 20 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00591-5443-10
Reason for the Shortage
    • Cadista discontinued prednisone tablets.
    • Chartwell has prednisone tablets available.
    • Hikma has prednisone tablets available. Hikma discontinued multiple presentations.
    • Par has not provided a recent availability update.
    • Teva did not provide a reason for the shortage.
Available Products
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 1 mg, bottle, 90 count, NDC 62135-0470-90
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 1 mg, bottle, 180 count, NDC 62135-0470-18
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 20 mg, bottle, 30 count, NDC 62135-0553-30
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 20 mg, bottle, 90 count, NDC 62135-0553-90
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 5 mg, bottle, 90 count, NDC 62135-0471-90
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Chartwell, 5 mg, bottle, 180 count, NDC 62135-0471-18
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 10 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-9817-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 10 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00054-9817-29
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00054-9828-25
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Hikma, 5 mg, bottle, 1,000 count, NDC 00054-9828-31
    • 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, 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, 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, 10 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 48 count, NDC 00591-5442-43
    • 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, 5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00591-5052-01
    • Prednisone oral tablet, Teva, 5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00591-5052-10
    • 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

Estimated Resupply Dates

    • Par has prednisone 5 mg tablets and 10 mg tablets in 21 and 48 count unit-dose packages on intermittent back order and the company is releasing supplies as they become available.
    • Teva has prednisone 20 mg tablets in 1,000 count bottles on back order and the company estimate a release date of early- to mid-August 2025.

Updated

Updated July 27, 2025 by Elyse MacDonald, PharmD, MS, BCPS. Created May 15, 2019 by Leslie Jensen, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. © 2025, Drug Information Service, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

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