Product Description

Description:
Dark red coloured, round biconvex tablets with a bisecting score line.

Active Pharmaceutical ingredients:
Finasteride 5mg USP

Packing presentation:
10 Tablet blister in printed Aluminum foil and clear, transparent PVC foil

Why is this medication prescribed?

Finasteride (5mg) is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH, enlargement of the prostate gland). Finasteride improves symptoms of BPH such as frequent and difficult urination and may reduce the chance of acute urinary retention (suddenly being unable to pass urine).

How does it work?

Finasteride is in a class of medications called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. It works by blocking the body's production of a male hormone that causes the prostate to enlarge. Finasteride is only for use in men.

How should this medicine be used?

It is usually taken once a day with or without food with a full glass of water. Take finasteride at around the same time every day.

It is important to take finasteride regularly to get the most benefit. Continue to take finasteride even if you feel well. Do not stop taking finasteride without talking to your doctor. Finasteride works best when taken long term.

What special precautions should I follow?

Finasteride is only for use in men. Women or children must not take the tablets.

Like any medicine, Finasteride may have unintended or unwanted effects. These are uncommon and do not affect most men. Some men may notice changes in their sex lives. For example, impotence (an inability to have an erection) or decreased sex drive. Some men may have a decrease in the amount of semen released during sex. This does not appear to interfere with normal sexual function.

In some men, such side effects disappear with time, even if Finasteride is continued. In rare cases, some men have reported breast swelling and/ or tenderness, or allergic reactions, such as lip swelling and rash. If you experience these or any other unusual symptoms, go and see your doctor promptly.

Women who are or who may become pregnant must not handle crushed or broken finasteride tablets. The medication could be absorbed through the skin. Finasteride is known to cause birth defects in a developing male baby.

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