Dute 0.5mg Tablet is used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. It shrinks the size of the enlarged prostate gland to relieve symptoms like pain and difficulty in passing urine.

It should be taken by mouth with or without food. This medicine is given for long time as takes few months to show its effects. Thus, it is important to take it as advised by doctor and complete the full course of treatment.

It is usually well tolerated. However, it may produce some mild sexual side effects such as low sexual drive. Remember you should not donate blood for 6 months after taking the last dose of this medicine.

Uses of Dute Tablet

Side effects of Dute Tablet

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Dute

Decreased libido
Ejaculation disorder
Breast enlargement in male
Breast tenderness in male
Impotence
Decreased sperm count

How to use Dute Tablet

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Dute 0.5mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How Dute Tablet works

Dute 0.5mg Tablet is a 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. It blocks an enzyme which is necessary to change testosterone to another hormone that causes the prostate to grow. As a result, it helps to shrink the prostate and relieve the symptoms like difficulty in passing urine.

Safety advice

Alcohol

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Dute 0.5mg Tablet. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy

UNSAFE

Dute 0.5mg Tablet is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.

Breast feeding

UNSAFE

Dute 0.5mg Tablet is unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Data suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby.
Dute 0.5mg Tablet is not indicated for use in women.

Driving

SAFE

Dute 0.5mg Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.

Kidney

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Dute 0.5mg Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Dute 0.5mg Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.

Liver

CAUTION

Dute 0.5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Dute 0.5mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Dute 0.5mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease.

What if you forget to take Dute Tablet?

If you miss a dose of Dute 0.5mg Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.\n

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Quick tips

Your doctor has prescribed Dute 0.5mg Tablet to shrink the enlarged prostate and reduce the risk of urinary retention.
It may take 3 to 6 months to see the full beneficial effect of Dute 0.5mg Tablet. Hence, continue taking the medicine as advised by your doctor.
Dute 0.5mg Tablet is usually well tolerated. However, it may produce some mild sexual side effects such as low sexual drive.
Do not donate blood for 6 months after taking the last dose of Dute 0.5mg Tablet.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Androgen Derivative

Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

UROLOGY

Action Class

5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors (5ARIs)

Interaction with drugs

Taking Dute with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects

Aprepitant (Oral Route) Moderate

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Aprepitant (Injection Route) Moderate

Aprepitant may raise blood levels of Dutasteride. watch out for symptoms such as reduced sexual drive, dizziness, blisters or mood changes and consult your doctor if you experienc... More

Atazanavir (Oral Route) Moderate

Atazanavir may raise blood levels of Dutasteride. watch out for symptoms such as reduced sexual drive, dizziness, blisters or mood changes and consult your doctor if you experienc... More

Cholestyramine (Oral Route) Moderate

Cholestyramine may reduce the efficacy of Dutasteride. To take Dutasteride, ensure a gap of 1 hour before and 6 hours after taking Cholestyramine.

Saquinavir (Oral Route) Moderate

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Patient concerns

My doctor has prescribed me dute 0.5mg and pretihair with morr f 5% for my alopecia is the dute tab gonna help me with hair loss or gonna make it worse,I have a condition of sexually active and my be that's y dht level is high,so should I stop doing sex etc or is it OK?

Dr. Dharamvir Singh

Dermatology

U should hv as much sex as possible , wash ur hair daily with shampoo, dute is generally not a preferred drug because of few side effects .

black marks dute to pimple on face

Dr. Atul Jain

Dermatology

Kojic cream at night over spots

At this stage of menopause, I am taking Tab menopace and triple a cal tab. For my hair loss I would like to take tab Kera glow eva which is also multi vitamin tab. Should I continue with both tab or stop taking menopace tab and calcium tab. Thanks

Dr. Sunil Sekhri

Diabetology

No need to take the medicine for Hair loss. eat a well balanced diet and hair loss of upto 100 hairs per day is considered normal

User feedback

Patients taking Dute 0.5mg Tablet

Once A Day

93%

Twice A Week

Alternate Day

Twice A Day

Thrice A week

What are you using Dute Tablet for?

Others

92%

Benign prosta*

*Benign prostatic hyperplasia

How much was the improvement?

Average

67%

Poor

33%

What were the side-effects while using Dute 0.5mg Tablet?

No Side Effec*

67%

Decreased sem*

33%

*No Side Effect, Decreased semen volume

How do you take Dute Tablet?

With food

100%

Please rate Dute 0.5mg Tablet on price

Expensive

67%

Average

33%

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