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  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "origin": "openfda",
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    "adult": [
      {
        "text": "Patients over 12 years of age: The recommended initial dosage of minoxidil tablets is 5 mg given as a single daily dose.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
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      },
      {
        "text": "Daily dosage can be increased to 10 mg, 20 mg and then to 40 mg in single or divided doses if required for optimum blood pressure control.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
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      },
      {
        "text": "The effective dosage range is usually 10 mg to 40 mg per day.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
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        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "child": [
      {
        "text": "9. Pediatric Use Use in pediatric patients has been limited to date, particularly in infants. The recommendations under DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION can be considered only a rough guide at present and a careful titration is essential.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'pediatric use', retrieved 2026-08-29",
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      },
      {
        "text": "Patients over 12 years of age: The recommended initial dosage of minoxidil tablets is 5 mg given as a single daily dose. Daily dosage can be increased to 10 mg, 20 mg and then to 40 mg in single or divided doses if required for optimum blood pressure control. The effective dosage range is usually 10 mg to 40 mg per day. The maximum recommended dosage is 100 mg per day.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
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        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "Patients over 12 years of age: The recommended initial dosage of minoxidil tablets is 5 mg given as a single daily dose.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'dosage and administration', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "renal": [
      {
        "text": "No kidney-impairment dose in this label. Not a statement that none is needed.",
        "source": "Read and found silent: the US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": false
      }
    ],
    "hepatic": [
      {
        "text": "No liver-impairment dose in this label. Not a statement that none is needed.",
        "source": "Read and found silent: the US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": false
      }
    ],
    "pregnancy": [
      {
        "text": "Pregnancy Teratogenic Effects Pregnancy Category C.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "Oral administration of minoxidil has been associated with evidence of increased fetal resorption in rabbits, but not rats, when administered at five times the maximum recommended oral antihypertensive human dose.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "There was no evidence of teratogenic effects in rats and rabbits.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'pregnancy', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ],
    "lactation": [
      {
        "text": "Nursing Mothers There has been one report of minoxidil excretion in the breast milk of a woman treated with 5 mg oral minoxidil twice daily for hypertension.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'nursing mothers', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      },
      {
        "text": "Because of the potential for adverse effects in nursing infants from minoxidil absorption, minoxidil should not be administered to a nursing woman.",
        "source": "US FDA label for minoxidil (Minoxidil), section 'nursing mothers', retrieved 2026-08-29",
        "cached_file": "labels/minoxidil.json",
        "verbatim": true
      }
    ]
  }
}