morphine sulfate pentahydrate
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 low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
5 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 29 May 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
ANAMORPH Morphine Sulphate 30mg Tablet Blister Pack
Tablet, uncoated · ARTG 34032
- 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
- Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
- Reported from
- 28 May 2026 The TGA's dates span 4 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 18 September 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 29 May 2026
What the TGA says is being done
The sponsor is working to expedite the next shipment. Products in an alternative presentation are available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
ARX MORPHINE MR morphine sulfate pentahydrate 100 mg modified release tablet blister packs
Tablet, modified release · ARTG 132258
- 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
- Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
- Reported from
- 19 April 2023 The TGA's dates span 3 years, 7 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 November 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 22 February 2023
What the TGA says is being done
An alternative brand is available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
ARX MORPHINE MR morphine sulfate pentahydrate 60 mg modified release tablet blister packs
Tablet, modified release · ARTG 132256
- 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
- Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
- Reported from
- 14 February 2023 The TGA's dates span 3 years, 10 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 November 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 22 February 2023
What the TGA says is being done
An alternative brand is available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
ARX MORPHINE MR morphine sulfate pentahydrate 30 mg modified release tablet blister packs
Tablet, modified release · ARTG 132254
- 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
- Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
- Reported from
- 18 November 2022 The TGA's dates span 4 years.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 November 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 2 September 2022
What the TGA says is being done
An alternative brand is available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
ARX MORPHINE MR morphine sulfate pentahydrate 10 mg modified release tablet blister packs
Tablet, modified release · ARTG 132251
- 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
- Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
- Reported from
- 10 May 2022 The TGA's dates span 4 years, 7 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 November 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 23 June 2022
What the TGA says is being done
An alternative brand is available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
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.
To read the TGA's own entry for morphine sulfate pentahydrate, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type morphine sulfate pentahydrate into its filter box. The TGA's register has no direct link to an individual medicine, so this is the closest link that exists. General information about medicine shortages is on the TGA's medicine shortages page.
Voxsanity last read the register on 18 August 2026.
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