What Dutasteride, Tamsulosin is and what it is used for:

Dutasteride, Tamsulosin is used to treat men with an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) – a non-cancerous growth of the prostate gland, caused by producing too much of a hormone called dihydrotestosterone.

Dutasteride, Tamsulosin is a combination of two different medicines called dutasteride and tamsulosin. Dutasteride belongs to a group of medicines called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and tamsulosin belongs to a group of medicines called alpha-blockers.

As the prostate grows, it can lead to urinary problems, such as difficulty in passing urine and a need to go to the toilet frequently.

Dutasteride lowers the production of a hormone called dihydrotestosterone, which helps to shrink the prostate and relieve the symptoms.

This will reduce the risk of acute urinary retention and the need for surgery. Tamsulosin acts by relaxing the muscles in your prostate gland, making it easier to pass urine and rapidly improving your symptoms.

What you need to know before you use Dutasteride, Tamsulosin

Do not use Dutasteride, Tamsulosin

• if you’re a woman (because this medicine is for men only).

• if you’re a child or adolescent less than 18 years old.

• if you’re allergic to dutasteride, other 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, tamsulosin, soya, peanut or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine

• if you have low blood pressure which makes you feel dizzy, lightheaded or faint (orthostatic hypotension).

• if you have a severe liver disease.

This medicine is for men only. It must not be taken by women, children or adolescents.

How to use Dutasteride, Tamsulosin

Always take Dutasteride, Tamsulosin exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you to. If you do not take it regularly the monitoring of your PSA levels may be affected.

Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

The recommended dose is one capsule taken once a day, 30 minutes after the same meal each day.

Swallow the capsules whole with water. Do not chew or break open the capsule. Contact with the contents of the capsules may make your mouth or throat sore.

Possible side effects

Stop using the product and seek immediate medical attention if

you develop urticaria, rash, tightness of the chest, wheezing, hypotension

How to store Dutasteride, Tamsulosin

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.

• Don’t store Dutasteride, Tamsulosin above 30°C.

• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton or the foil blister strip. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

• Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use.

These measures will help protect the environment.

Duodart

Duodart 0.5 / 0.4 mg dutasteride‑tamsulosin 30 Capsules