Finland· FI-REL-REL732
Megestin
A megestrol product containing megestrol acetate, registered in Finland by Oy Leiras Finland Ab.
Checked against Fimea (Finland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
The record
At a glance
Fimea (Finland)- Active substance
- Megestrol acetate
- Manufacturer
- Oy Leiras Finland Ab
- Country
- Finland (FI)
- ATC code
- G03DB02
- ATC class
- Megestrol
- Defined daily dose
- 5 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- Fimea (Finland)
- Last checked
- September 27, 2026
Packs & prices · 0
No packs listed by the register for this record.
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
152 interactions on record for megestrol.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 2 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.
- Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
- The source, licence and sync date on every record
- Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
Megestrol · interactions on record
152 records
- 2 severe
- 147 moderate
- 3 minor
Most severe, free to view
- DofetilideC01BD04severe
- ThalidomideL04AX02severe
- AprepitantA04AD12moderate
- LiraglutidA08AX02moderate
- Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Same medicine, other countries
Megestrol in 14 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesMegestrol AcetateKesin Pharma Corporation
- United KingdomMegace 160mg tabletsAlliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- IrelandMegace 160 mg tabletsPCO Manufacturing Ltd.
- SpainBOREA 160 mg COMPRIMIDOSViatris Healthcare Limited
- CzechiaMEGACEBausch Health Ireland Limited, Dublin
- PolandCachexanPolfarmex S.A.
- ItalyGESTROLTEXISTITUTO GENTILI S.R.L.
- CanadaMEGESTROLAA PHARMA INC
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 22 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Belgium · Megace
- Cyprus · Megace
- Czechia · Megace, Megaplex
- Germany · Megestat
- Spain · Borea, Maygace Altas Dosis
- France · Megace
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Megace
- Greece · Megace
- Croatia · Megace, Megostat
- Hungary · Cachexi, Megace
- Ireland · Megace
- Italy · Gestroltex, Megace
- Lithuania · Megace
- Luxembourg · Megace
- Netherlands · Megestrolacetaat Focus
- Norway · Megace
- Poland · Cachexan, Megace
- Portugal · Megace, Megestrol Generis
- Romania · Megesin
- Sweden · Megace
- Slovenia · Megace
- Slovakia · Megesin
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of Fimea (Finland). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.
For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/4f0b0d81-4d25-45f0-830e-d1d1d2a589ea GET /v1/drugs/4f0b0d81-4d25-45f0-830e-d1d1d2a589ea?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"ddd": "5",
"form": "tabletti",
"route": null,
"ddd_unit": "mg",
"strength": "10 mg",
"atc_label": "megestroli",
"ma_number": "5858",
"auth_status": "Myyntilupa peruuntunut",
"eu_ma_number": null,
"fimea_rel_id": "REL732",
"authorised_at": "1969-09-10"
}See everything about megestrol.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.