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Dutasteride — Systematic (IUPAC) name (5α, 17β) N {2,5 bis(trifluoromethyl) phenyl} 3 oxo 4 azaandrost 1 ene 17 carboxamide Clinical data Trade names … Wikipedia
dutasteride — A drug used to treat symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland. It is being studied in the treatment of male hair loss and prostate cancer. Dutasteride blocks enzymes the body needs to make male sex hormones. It is a type of 5 alpha reductase… … English dictionary of cancer terms
dutasteride — du·tas·ter·ide (doo tasґtər īd) an inhibitor of 5α reductase, chemically related to finasteride; used in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia … Medical dictionary
dutasteride — n. a drug used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (see prostate gland). It has the same mode of action and side effects as finasteride. Trade names: Avodart … The new mediacal dictionary
Management of baldness — Baldness treatment is a US $1 billion per year industry. In males past their early 20s, the incidence of balding is roughly equivalent to chronological age. Thus, by age 50, roughly half of men experience male pattern baldness (MPB).[1] Beginning … Wikipedia
Baldness treatments — More than half of men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 50, and baldness treatments are estimated to be a US $1 billion per year industry.cite web|url=http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9023/24253/352721.html?d=dmtContent|aut… … Wikipedia
Dihydrotestosterone — Systematic (IUPAC) name (5S,8 … Wikipedia
Prostate cancer — is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other… … Wikipedia
Finasteride — Finasteride … Wikipedia
Antiandrogen — An antiandrogen, or androgen antagonist, is any of a group of hormone receptor antagonist compounds that are capable of preventing or inhibiting the biologic effects of androgens, male sex hormones, on normally responsive tissues in the body (see … Wikipedia
