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| Medicamento usado para tratar síntomas de agrandamiento de la glándula prostática. Está en estudio para el tratamiento de la pérdida de cabello masculino y el cáncer de próstata. Avodart bloquea las enzimas que el cuerpo necesita para producir las hormonas sexuales masculinas. Es un tipo de inhibidor de la reductasa alfa-5. También se llama dutasterida y GG745. |
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