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| type = combo<br />
| image = Minoxidil structure.svg<br />
| image_class = skin-invert-image<br />
| width = 150px<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = [[Minoxidil]]<br />
| image2 = Finasteride.svg<br />
| image_class2 = skin-invert-image<br />
| width2 = 250px<br />
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| caption2 = [[Finasteride]]<br />
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| component1 = Minoxidil<br />
| class1 = [[Potassium channel opener]]<br />
| component2 = Finasteride<br />
| class2 = [[5α-Reductase inhibitor]]<br />
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| tradename = MorrF; Morr F<br />
| Drugs.com = <br />
| MedlinePlus = <br />
| pregnancy_AU = <!-- A, B1, B2, B3, C, D, X --><br />
| pregnancy_category = <br />
| routes_of_administration = [[Topical medication|Topical]]<ref name="AdisInsight" /><br />
| class = [[Hair loss medication]]<br />
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| legal_AU = <!-- S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9 or Unscheduled--><br />
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| legal_UK = <!-- GSL, P, POM, CD, CD Lic, CD POM, CD No Reg POM, CD (Benz) POM, CD (Anab) POM or CD Inv POM --><br />
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| synonyms = Finasteride/minoxidil<br />
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'''Minoxidil/finasteride''', or '''finasteride/minoxidil''', sold under the brand name '''MorrF''' or '''Morr F''', is a [[combination drug|combination]] of the [[ATP-sensitive potassium channel|K<sub>ATP</sub>]] [[potassium channel opener]] [[minoxidil]] and the [[5α-reductase inhibitor]] [[finasteride]] which is approved and used in the treatment of [[alopecia]] (hair loss) in [[India]].<ref name="AdisInsight">{{cite web | title = Jina Pharmaceuticals/Intas Pharmaceuticals | date = 2 September 2015 | website = AdisInsight | url = https://adisinsight.springer.com/drugs/800043157 | access-date = 23 October 2025 }}</ref><ref name="Ramkar_2023">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ramkar S, Kaurav M, Sudheesh MS, Pandey RS | title = Enhanced skin penetration of Finasteride loaded DMSO-liposomes for the treatment of androgenic alopecia: comparison with conventional liposomes | journal = Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 52–61 | date = January 2023 | pmid = 36803490 | doi = 10.1080/03639045.2023.2182122 }}</ref><ref name="van_Hoogevest_2021">{{cite journal | vauthors = van Hoogevest P, Tiemessen H, Metselaar JM, Drescher S, Fahr A | title = The Use of Phospholipids to Make Pharmaceutical Form Line Extensions | journal = European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology | volume = 123 | issue = 4 | date = 2021 | article-number = 2000297 | doi = 10.1002/ejlt.202000297 | issn = 1438-7697 | url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejlt.202000297 | access-date = 23 October 2025 | url-access = subscription }}</ref> It is used [[topical medication|topically]].<ref name="AdisInsight" /> The drug was developed by Intas Pharmaceuticals and Jina Pharmaceuticals and was introduced in 2015.<ref name="AdisInsight" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Other dermatological preparations}}<br />
{{Androgens and antiandrogens}}<br />
{{Ion channel modulators}}<br />
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[[Category:5α-Reductase inhibitors]]<br />
[[Category:Combination drugs]]<br />
[[Category:Potassium channel openers]]<br />
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