Dutasteride Dosage
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Usual Adult Dose for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
For use in males for the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia:
Usual dose: dutasteride 0.5 mg orally once a day
May be given as monotherapy or in combination with tamsulosin 0.4 mg once a day.
Renal Dose Adjustments
Data not available
Liver Dose Adjustments
Due to the absence of data in patients with hepatic impairment, no dosage recommendation can be made.
Precautions
The use of dutasteride is contraindicated in women. Women who are or may potentially be pregnant should not use or handle dutasteride capsules.
Dialysis
Data not available
Other Comments
The capsules should be swallowed whole and not chewed or opened, as contact with the capsule contents may result in irritation of the oropharyngeal mucosa. Dutasteride may be administered with or without food.
The improvement in benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms seen during the first two years of double-blind treatment was maintained throughout an additional 2 years of open-label extension studies.
