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  • noun medicine A drug which inhibits the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone

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  • The drugs are also known as dutasteride and finasteride, respectively.

    FDA expands cancer warning on two popular prostate drugs 2011

  • The drugs are also known as dutasteride and finasteride, respectively.

    FDA expands cancer warning on two popular prostate drugs 2011

  • The drugs are also known as dutasteride and finasteride, respectively.

    FDA expands cancer warning on two popular prostate drugs 2011

  • The drugs are also known as dutasteride and finasteride, respectively.

    FDA expands cancer warning on two popular prostate drugs 2011

  • The study, published on Monday in The Lancet, involved a drug, dutasteride, that is marketed to shrink prostates when they enlarge as men grow older.

    NYT > Home Page By GINA KOLATA 2012

  • Dr. Gerald Andriole, chief of urologic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, said a four-year study confirms that men who used the drug Avodart the generic form is called dutasteride received more accurate readings on their prostate specific antigen tests, especially if they were developing forms of aggressive cancer.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The study, published on Monday in The Lancet, involved a drug, dutasteride, that is marketed to shrink prostates when they enlarge as men grow older.

    NYT > Home Page By GINA KOLATA 2012

  • GSK) thinks men who are at increased risk for prostate cancer should do -- take its Avodart drug, generically known as dutasteride, to reduce their risk of getting the disease. most common cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer, and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.

    DailyFinance Melly Alazraki 2010

  • For the study, published in the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Traish's team searched the available medical literature for reports of sexual side effects associated with finasteride and dutasteride.

    Sexual side effects from Propecia, Avodart may be irreversible 2011

  • For the study, published in the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Traish's team searched the available medical literature for reports of sexual side effects associated with finasteride and dutasteride.

    Sexual side effects from Propecia, Avodart may be irreversible 2011

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