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Finasteride

Metadata Updated: February 18, 2026

Finasteride is a prescription medication used to treat male pattern hair loss and benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate) in men. It works by inhibiting an enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, helping to reduce hair loss and prostate enlargement. Available as 1 mg oral tablets from Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. This information was generated using AI and is provided for informational and research purposes only.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date February 18, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 18, 2026
Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date February 18, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 18, 2026
Publisher U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Maintainer
Identifier ANDA090121
Data First Published 2016-09-16
Data Last Modified 2025-03-17
Category FDA
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
Bureau Code 009:10
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 46f35eed-9f44-4936-810c-9a3ffae1dc4a
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://www.fda.gov/drugs
License https://open.fda.gov/license
Program Code 009:002
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 57e8e42cf556f5d981e71b414257b12c27d72ac8cc60f7ddadeaafedb4ea1bfd
Source Schema Version 1.1

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