Finasteridedrug info
finasteride 1 MG Oral Tablet
What it is used for
1 INDICATIONS & USAGE Finasteride tablets USP are indicated for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in MEN ONLY. Efficacy in bitemporal recession has not been established. Finasteride tablets USP are not indicated for use in women.
Finasteride tablets USP are 5α-reductase inhibitors indicated for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in MEN ONLY.
Finasteride tablets USP are not indicated for use in women.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 28, 2017. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Finasteride tablets USP, 1 mg contains finasteride as the active ingredient. Finasteride USP, a synthetic 4-azasteroid compound, is a specific inhibitor of steroid Type II 5α-reductase, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone in to 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Finasteride is 4-azaandrost-1-ene-17-carboxamide, N-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-oxo-, (5α, 17β)-. The empirical formula of finasteride is C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 and its molecular weight is 372.55.
Its structural formula is: Finasteride is a white crystalline powder with a melting point near 250° C. It is freely soluble in chloroform and in lower alcohol solvents but is practically insoluble in water. Finasteride tablets USP for oral administration are film-coated tablets that contain 1 mg of finasteride and the following inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate and opadry brown (hypromellose, iron oxide red, talc, titanium dioxide, yellow iron oxide). structure6
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 28, 2017. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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