Dutasteridedosage

dutasteride 0.5 MG Oral Capsule

Dosage and administration

The capsules should be swallowed whole and not chewed or opened, as contact with the capsule contents may result in irritation of the oropharyngeal mucosa. Dutasteride may be administered with or without food.

Monotherapy: 0.5 mg once daily.

Combination with tamsulosin: 0.5 mg once daily and tamsulosin 0.4 mg once daily.

Dosing considerations: Swallow whole. May take with or without food.

2.1 Monotherapy

The recommended dose of dutasteride is 1 capsule (0.5 mg) taken once daily.

2.2 Combination with

Alpha-adrenergic Antagonist The recommended dose of dutasteride is 1 capsule (0.5 mg) taken once daily and tamsulosin 0.4 mg taken once daily.

Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 14, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.

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