Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Dutasteride Capsule

Dutasteride Capsule

Generic namedutasteride
Drug class5 alpha-reductase inhibitor
FormsSoft 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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