A four-year study of more than 8,000 men between the ages of 50 to 75 who had an elevated risk for developing prostate cancer found that those who took the drug dutasteride (sold as Avodart) were ...

It’s available as the brand-name drug Avodart. The cost of dutasteride with and without insurance can depend on several factors. Dutasteride belongs to a drug class called 5 alpha-reductase ...

Dutasteride (Avodart; GlaxoSmithKline) is a 5-α-reductase inhibitor that treats BPH symptoms and can shrink the prostate over time; it is currently approved by the FDA to reduce the risk for ...