Pregnancy interaction:
• Dutagen 0.5mg Soft Gelatin Capsule is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy.Human and animal studies have shown significant adverse effects on the foetus. Please consult your doctor.

Expert advice:
• Your doctor has prescribed Dutagen 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 Dutagen. Hence, continue taking the medicine as advised by your doctor. Dutagen 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 Dutagen.

Side Effects:
• Decreased libido, Decreased semen volume, Impotence.

How to use:
• 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. Dutagen 0.5mg Soft Gelatin Capsule may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How it works:
• Dutagen 0.5mg Soft Gelatin Capsule 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.

Faq for medicine:
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