1mg Generic Finasteride (Propecia) is FDA Approved?

according to the FDA and Reuters (see links below), generic 1mg finasteride was approved about a month ago (not in 2011 as you stated) for production by Reddy labs (a legitimate NYSE-traded public corporation.) any idea when distribution to US pharmacies will start?

• Reuters – Dr. Reddy’s gets FDA nod for finasteride tablets
• FDA.gov – Orange Book Details (generic 1mg finasteride)

The Reuters link doesn’t say anything about the 1mg pill, but the 2nd link (from the FDA site) does.

However, as of writing this reply, only the 5mg pill version of finasteride is currently available. I had no idea that the 1mg generic would be approved so soon, as the patent still has a number of years left on it. Perhaps an agreement with Merck was reached by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. Regardless, that is excellent news for those that should be taking the drug but could not afford it previously. I’ve made some phone calls to find out when the 1mg generic would be available in pharmacies, but so far I haven’t gotten answers other than, “could be a month or two”. Generic 5mg finasteride was approved in June and is available now, so I’d assume if generic 1mg finasteride was approved a month later it should be available any time now. As soon as I know more, I’ll certainly discuss it on this site. If any US readers discover that their local pharmacy now carries generic 1mg finasteride, please let me know.

Thanks for pointing this out.