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Treats an enlarged prostate (also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH).
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Avodart |
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Dutasteride
Avodart
Uses
Treats an enlarged prostate (also called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH).
Storage
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
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Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Liquid Filled Capsule.
Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often.
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
This medicine comes with patient instructions.
- Read and follow these instructions carefully.
- Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
You may take this medicine with or without food.
Swallow the capsule whole.
- Do not crush, break, or chew it.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Decrease in how much or how often you urinate.
Precautions
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to dutasteride or similar medicines such as finasteride, Propecia®, or Proscar®.
- Women and children should not use this medicine.
Missed Dose
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can.
- If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose.
- Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
Drug Interactions
- Women should avoid touching or handling this medicine.
- This medicine can get into the body through the skin and may harm an unborn baby.
- If any of this medicine gets on the skin of a woman, wash the area immediately with soap and water.
Make sure your doctor knows if you have liver disease.
If your symptoms do not improve or if they get worse, call your doctor.
Do not donate blood for at least 6 months after you stop taking this medicine because the medicine may still be in your blood.
- If this blood is donated to a woman or child, it may cause problems.
Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using this medicine.
- Be sure to keep all appointments.
This medicine may affect the results of certain blood tests, such as prostate specific antigen (PSA).
- Your doctor may be testing this regularly.
- If so, you will need to have new blood tests done 3 to 6 months after you start taking this medicine.
This medicine usually does not affect normal sexual abilities in most men.
- You may notice that you ejaculate less fluid when you have sex.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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