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Heavy duty finasteride that comes with higher risks
- Dutasteride: Why don't some doctors prescribe it if it's stronger than finasteride? Some doctors avoid prescribing dutasteride due to its higher risk of side effects.
- Dutasteride: Correct Dosage and Administration The standard dosage of dutasteride is 0.5 mg once daily.
- Dutasteride side effects: what the label and studies actually report The Avodart label reports impotence in 4.7% and decreased libido in 3.0% of men in the first six months (1.7% and 1.4% on placebo), with new reports falling after month six; those figures come from BPH trials in older men, and the hair-loss trials in younger men run only six months. The label and studies also flag a PSA drop of about half, a small rise in high-grade prostate cancer in one trial, an observational link to depression, and sexual effects that the label says may persist after stopping.
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