Medicine shortages

dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate

Current shortage

The TGA records this medicine as being in shortage now. A shortage often affects some brands, strengths or pack sizes and not others, so a supply of the medicine may still be available. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and what alternatives exist.

The TGA has assessed this shortage as medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.

3 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 5 June 2026. Not medical advice.

The TGA does not publish a reason for a shortage, so Voxsanity cannot show one. Nothing on this page is an explanation of why supply is affected — that information is not in the source and is not inferred here.

This is national information. The TGA records shortages for Australia as a whole. There is no state, territory or pharmacy-level stock information in this data, and Voxsanity cannot tell you whether a particular pharmacy has a medicine in stock. Your pharmacist can.

Products affected

DANTRIUM dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate 50mg capsule bottle

Capsule · ARTG 42976

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Status
Current shortage The TGA records this medicine as being in shortage now. A shortage often affects some brands, strengths or pack sizes and not others, so a supply of the medicine may still be available. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and what alternatives exist.
Supply
Unavailable The supplier reports no stock is available.
TGA impact rating
Medium impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.
Reported from
31 May 2018 The TGA's dates span 8 years, 7 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 December 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
19 October 2023

What the TGA says is being done

An overseas registered product containing dantrolene 25mg has been approved for supply under Section 19A. See the website and search for the active ingredient: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/section-19a-approvals

Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.

DANTRIUM dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate 25mg capsule bottle

Capsule · ARTG 42975

Read the TGA's own shortage record for this product

Status
Current shortage The TGA records this medicine as being in shortage now. A shortage often affects some brands, strengths or pack sizes and not others, so a supply of the medicine may still be available. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and what alternatives exist.
Supply
Unavailable The supplier reports no stock is available.
TGA impact rating
Medium impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.
Reported from
28 May 2018 The TGA's dates span 8 years, 7 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 December 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
5 February 2018

What the TGA says is being done

An overseas registered product containing dantrolene 25mg has been approved for supply under Section 19A. See the website and search for the active ingredient: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/section-19a-approvals

Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.

DANTRIUM dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate 20mg powder for injection vial

Injection, powder for · ARTG 14435

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Status
Shortage resolved The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
Supply
Available The supplier reports stock is available, though not necessarily at every pharmacy.
TGA impact rating
Critical impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as critical impact. That is a judgement about how hard the medicine is to substitute in clinical care, not a prediction about any one person. If you take this medicine, speak to your pharmacist or doctor about what is available. Do not stop or change how you take it on your own.
Reported from
3 July 2026 The TGA's dates span 2 months.
Resolved
25 August 2026
TGA last updated
5 June 2026

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Where this comes from

Source: Medicine Shortage Reports Database, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), © Commonwealth of Australia, reproduced with permission. The TGA does not endorse Voxsanity, and nothing here is presented as a TGA view. Shortage information is free for everyone on this site, with no account and no subscription.

Every product listed above links to the TGA's own shortage record for that product. The TGA's register is organised by product rather than by medicine, so there is no single TGA page covering dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type dantrolene sodium hemiheptahydrate into its filter box. General information about medicine shortages is on the TGA's medicine shortages page.

Voxsanity last read the register on 16 October 2026.

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