Drug shortage: Amino Acid Injection (AMINOSYN II, PLENAMINE, TROPHAMINE)
FDA lists 16 presentations as Current. Availability: Unavailable (3), Available (13). Reason: Shortage of an active ingredient; Shortage of an inactive ingredient component. Companies: Otsuka ICU Medical LLC, B. Braun Medical Inc., Baxter Healthcare.
- Published by source
- 2020-12-08
- First seen by Reality Radar
- 2026-10-22
- Last verified
- 2026-11-06
Affected
- Manufacturer
- Otsuka ICU Medical LLC
- Products
- Amino Acid Injection AMINOSYN II PLENAMINE TROPHAMINE TRAVASOL AMINOSYN-PF PREMASOL - SULFITE-FREE (AMINO ACID)
Whether your exact unit is affected depends on the model, serial number and region in the official notice.
What the official notice says
Risk: Current — Unavailable
Remedy / actions:
- This product is distributed by ICU Medical. For questions regarding this product, please contact ICU Medical.
- Estimated recovery: TBD. This product is distributed by ICU Medical. For questions regarding this product, please contact ICU Medical.
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Sources
- openFDA Drug Shortages Tier A · official published 2020-12-08
Evidence ledger
Every piece of evidence we store is appended to a public hash chain, so later edits are detectable. Anyone can re-verify it.
| Entry | Kind | Observed | Evidence hash | Entry hash |
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| #898 | new | 2026-10-22 | bf1a972e461d…f78d45 | ffb7d5ee6e1b…ea4b59 |
| #1145 | update | 2026-10-23 | 9344ba2dc0b0…2577cb | 1810018de2f2…52d845 |
| #1374 | update | 2026-10-23 | bfd89c8c6a68…548a85 | 21e9b32ac869…abc682 |
| #2186 | update | 2026-10-27 | 27612bdd25ef…6dfc0f | 45ff3d6c597d…ca2033 |
| #2431 | update | 2026-10-27 | f38a9234d7be…cf1822 | fb1fc656304a…55b39d |
| #2529 | update | 2026-10-28 | 46f2a9074a32…f1b7cb | 2136ae3301e6…b2d1a0 |
| #2722 | update | 2026-10-28 | 9dd6d3ac0f06…a954a5 | 78fb4d9a9265…0f7d54 |
| #2892 | update | 2026-10-29 | 03eaab712483…317eda | 75a99c05d339…e4b3c9 |
| #3122 | update | 2026-10-30 | 8df718b4ef3d…775db4 | e385cb651320…8dcc9a |
| #3224 | update | 2026-10-30 | b81bee35ad2a…e09964 | a82717746023…dd033d |
| #3500 | update | 2026-11-02 | 0e345ea902e1…567470 | 5e6a78755100…cfc45c |
| #3767 | update | 2026-11-03 | 4cc5ad99760f…58f736 | 0ec6fa675142…42d396 |
| #3843 | update | 2026-11-04 | b0782b10beb3…c7b357 | 64c1106ef50e…980b66 |
| #4066 | update | 2026-11-05 | e9c14fcf09c6…14c59c | 0768127eed37…f02094 |
| #4246 | update | 2026-11-06 | 70e8dc186764…f80ce1 | 5db759328018…b1fddd |
Chain head: #4357 08e10f7cf490…8a0ceb