Men are asking if they should continue taking finasteride (Proscar, etc) or dutasteride (Avodart)
August 2011
Men are asking if they should continue taking finasteride (Proscar, etc) or dutasteride (Avodart).
These 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors are sometimes used to prevent prostate cancer in men at high risk for developing this cancer.
5-alpha-reductase inhibitors lower the OVERALL risk of prostate cancer. But they seem to lower the risk of less aggressive cancers...and INCREASE the risk of more aggressive cancers.
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