Avodart and Weight Gain

There are some possible side effects with Avodart, and weight gain does not appear to be one of them. In previous clinical trials, weight gain was not reported as either a common or a rare side effect of the medicine.

 

Avodart and Weight Gain: An Overview

There are a number of possible side effects with Avodart® (dutasteride). However, weight gain does not appear to be one of them. This information comes from clinical trials that extensively studied Avodart and documented its side effects.
 

Side Effects and Clinical Trials

Before medicines are approved, they must go through several clinical studies in which thousands of people are given a particular medicine and are then compared to a group of people not given the medicine. In these studies, side effects are always carefully documented. As a result, it is possible to see what side effects occur, how often they appear, and how they compare to the group not taking the medicine. Side effects are then usually separated into those side effects that occur in more than 1 percent of people and those that occur in less than 1 percent of people.
 
For people taking Avodart, weight gain was not reported as either a common or a rare side effect.
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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