Brands
A brand name is not a drug and not a dose. 12 brands here cover 18 separately approved products, and the differences between them — the indication, the ladder, the ceiling, the device — are exactly what a page about the molecule cannot tell you.
GLP-1 & weight loss
- OzempicsemaglutideA weekly injection capped at 2 mg and a daily tablet capped at 9 mg, sold under the same brand name and described in two different labels.2 approved products · 7 differences from semaglutide
- WegovysemaglutideA once-weekly injection and a once-daily 25 mg tablet sharing one label, one boxed warning and almost nothing else.2 approved products · 8 differences from semaglutide
- MounjarotirzepatideTirzepatide for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk, with a conditional ladder, two maximum doses and no named maintenance dose.1 approved product · 6 differences from tirzepatide
- ZepboundtirzepatideTirzepatide for weight reduction and obstructive sleep apnoea, with named maintenance dosages and a 2.5 mg step the label excludes from them.1 approved product · 6 differences from tirzepatide
Hair loss
- PropeciafinasterideFinasteride 1 mg once daily for male pattern hair loss, with handling rules that turn entirely on whether the tablet is intact.1 approved product · 8 differences from finasteride
- RogaineminoxidilTwo solutions dosed in millilitres and two foams dosed in capfuls, at 2% and 5%, under three separate FDA applications.4 approved products · 9 differences from minoxidil
Sexual health
- ViagrasildenafilSildenafil for erectile dysfunction: 25, 50 or 100 mg, once a day at most, and no relation to the sildenafil sold for lung disease.1 approved product · 7 differences from sildenafil
- CialistadalafilTadalafil for ED, for BPH and for both, as needed or once daily — and not the 40 mg daily tadalafil sold for pulmonary hypertension.1 approved product · 8 differences from tadalafil
Testosterone
- Depo-Testosteronetestosterone cypionateTestosterone cypionate in cottonseed oil, 50 to 400 mg deep intramuscularly every two to four weeks, in two strengths that differ by more than concentration.1 approved product · 8 differences from testosterone cypionate
- AndroGeltestosteroneA 1% gel dosed 50 to 100 mg and a 1.62% gel dosed 20.25 to 81 mg, under separate applications, with pumps that look alike and deliver different amounts.2 approved products · 8 differences from testosterone
- Xyostedtestosterone enanthateTestosterone enanthate in a sealed single-dose autoinjector, 75 mg once weekly into the abdomen, titrated in 25 mg steps against a trough.1 approved product · 8 differences from testosterone enanthate
- Jatenzotestosterone undecanoateOral testosterone undecanoate in three capsule strengths, taken with food twice daily and adjusted on a level drawn six hours after the morning dose.1 approved product · 8 differences from testosterone undecanoate
Why these are separate from the compound pages
A compound page describes a molecule: what it is dissolved in, how it is given, what the label says to monitor. That is nearly the whole story when one molecule is one product. It stops working the moment a molecule is sold as several products with different approved uses and different maximum doses, because then the molecule has no maximum dose and no approved use — each product does. These pages are where that stops being ambiguous.