Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Dutasteride Capsule
Dutasteride Capsule
| Generic name | dutasteride |
|---|---|
| Drug class | 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor |
| Forms | Soft gelatin capsules (0.5 mg) |
Dutasteride is an oral medicine used to treat an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH) in men. It comes as a soft gelatin capsule containing 0.5 mg of dutasteride.
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