3/2/2023

Lorazepam Tablets

Products Affected - Description

- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 0.5 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00904-6007-61
- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 1 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00904-6008-61
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 0.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00093-3425-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00093-3426-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 1 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00093-3426-05
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00093-3426-10
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 2 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00093-3427-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 2 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00093-3427-10

Reason for the Shortage

- Aurobindo refuses to provide availability information.
- Bausch Health has Ativan tablets available.
- Leading has lorazepam tablet presentations available and is shipping supplies regularly.
- Major did not provide a reason for the shortage.
- Teva did not provide a reason for the shortage.

Available Products

- Ativan tablet, Bausch Health, 0.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00187-0063-01
- Ativan tablet, Bausch Health, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00187-0064-01
- Ativan tablet, Bausch Health, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00187-0064-10
- Ativan tablet, Bausch Health, 2 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00187-0065-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 0.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 69315-0904-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 0.5 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 69315-0904-05
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 0.5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 69315-0904-10
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 69315-0905-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 1 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 69315-0905-05
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 1 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 69315-0905-10
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 2 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 69315-0906-01
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 2 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 69315-0906-05
- Lorazepam tablet, Leading, 2 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 69315-0906-10
- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 0.5 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00904-6007-60
- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 1 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00904-6008-60
- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 2 mg, bottle, 100 count, NDC 00904-6009-60
- Lorazepam tablet, Major, 2 mg, unit-dose blister pack, 100 count, NDC 00904-6009-61
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 0.5 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00093-3425-05
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 0.5 mg, bottle, 1000 count, NDC 00093-3425-10
- Lorazepam tablet, Teva, 2 mg, bottle, 500 count, NDC 00093-3427-05

Estimated Resupply Dates

- Major has lorazepam 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets in 100 count unit-dose blister packs on back order and the company estimates a release date of mid-March 2023.
- Teva has lorazepam 0.5 mg tablets in 100 count bottles, 1 mg tablets in 100 count and 500 count bottles, and 2 mg tablet in 100 count and 1,000 count bottles on intermittent back order and the company is releasing supplies as they become available. The 1 mg tablets in 1,000 count bottles are on back order and the company estimates a release date in mid- to late-March 2023.

Updated

Updated March 2, 2023 by Leslie Jensen, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. Created October 4, 2018 by Michelle Wheeler, PharmD, Drug Information Specialist. © 2023, Drug Information Service, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

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