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    Glossary Food and Drug Administration

    U.S. agency ensuring safety and efficacy of drugs and food

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a U.S. government agency responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of drugs, biological products, medical devices, food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA also plays a crucial role in advancing public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable.

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    1. (719) Signal Detection of Depression and Suicidality With the 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors: Evidence from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Database The Journal of Sexual Medicine · 2026
    2. US Food and Drug Administration Warning Regarding Finasteride and Suicidal Ideation: What Should Urologists Know? European urology open science · 2023
    3. PD29-07 DRUGS ASSOCIATED THE MOST WITH MALE-FACTOR INFERTILITY: ASSESSMENT OF THE 2010-2020 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) PHARMACOVIGILANCE DATABASE 2021
    4. The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration has issued Sinovac Biotech a New Drug Certificate approving its split influenza vaccine Inpharma Weekly · 2005
    5. Drug-Induced Hair Loss: Analysis of the Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Events Reporting System Database Skin Appendage Disorders · 2024
    6. A pharmacovigilance study of drug‐reduced male semen quality based on the Food and Drug Administration adverse event reporting system database Andrology · 2024
    7. Retrospective analysis of smell and taste disturbances associated with dermatologic medications reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration and relevance to COVID-19 infections Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2020 · 5 citations
    8. Novel drugs of United States Food and Drug Administration approved in 2024 Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy · 2026
    9. Medications Most Commonly Associated With Erectile Dysfunction: Evaluation of the Food and Drug Administration National Pharmacovigilance Database Sexual Medicine · 2022 · 2 citations
    10. Real-world safety of Tepotinib: Insights from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System PLoS ONE · 2025 · 1 citations
    11. A response to “Inconsistent platelet-rich plasma product from the Food and Drug Administration cleared devices: A retrospective review of clinic data” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2021 · 1 citations
    12. Risk assessment of the top 60 drugs for drug-related sexual dysfunction: a disproportion analysis from the Food and Drug Administration adverse event reporting system The Journal of Sexual Medicine · 2025
    13. The Role of Patient‐ and Drug‐Related Factors in Oral Minoxidil and Pericardial Effusion: Analyses of Data From the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology · 2024
    14. Medications Mostly Associated With Ejaculatory Disorders: Assessment of the Eudra-Vigilance and Food and Drug Administration Pharmacovigilance Databases Entries Urology · 2024
    15. PD49-02 MEDICATIONS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: EVALUATION OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE DATABASE 2022
    16. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of United States Food and Drug Administration-Approved, Home-use, Low-Level Light/Laser Therapy Devices for Pattern Hair Loss: Device Design and Technology. PubMed · 2021 · 9 citations
    17. Are finasteride-related penile curvature/Peyronie’s disease Adverse Event Reports worthy of further clinical investigation? Disproportionality analysis based on both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance databases International Journal of Impotence Research · 2022 · 2 citations
    18. Response to “The Role of Patient‐ and Drug‐Related Factors in Oral Minoxidil and Pericardial Effusion: Analyses of Data From the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System” Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology · 2025
    19. MP44-04 TRENDS IN 5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR USE BEFORE AND AFTER THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SAFETY WARNING 2019
    20. Is the Safety of Finasteride Correlated With Its Route of Administration: Topical Versus Oral? A Pharmacovigilance Study With Data From the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System International Journal of Dermatology · 2025
    21. Finasteride Use Is Associated with Higher Odds of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Results from the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System. PubMed · 2020
    22. Finasteride Use Is Associated with Higher Odds of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Results from the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System. Skinmed · 2020
    23. Assessing dutasteride-associated sexual dysfunction using the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology · 2017 · 7 citations
    24. Oral finasteride use and sexual adverse events: signal detection from disproportionality analyses of data from the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System Journal of Dermatological Treatment · 2026
    25. 0557 Possible Contributory and Protective Factors in Medication Associated Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): Results from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) Sleep · 2020
    26. Is finasteride intake associated with penile curvature/peyronie’s disease? Assessment of both the food and drug administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance databases European urology open science · 2021
    27. Real-world study of adverse events associated with gepant use in migraine treatment based on the VigiAccess and U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s adverse event reporting system databases Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2024 · 25 citations
    28. Tolerability of hair cleansing conditioners: a double-blind randomized, controlled trial designed to evaluate consumer complaints to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Cutaneous and ocular toxicology · 2020 · 4 citations
    29. The Possible Role of Prescribing Medications, Including Central Nervous System Drugs, in Contributing to Male-Factor Infertility (MFI): Assessment of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pharmacovigilance Database Brain Sciences · 2023
    30. Food Administration and Not Genetic Variants Causes Pharmacokinetic Variability of Tadalafil and Finasteride Journal of personalized medicine · 2023 · 1 citations