Finasteride
別名: Proscar, Propecia
> **CRITICAL WARNING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN**: Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant must **NOT** handle crushed or broken tablets. The active ingredient can be absorbed through the skin and cause severe birth defects in male fetuses. * **Patience is Key**: Therapy might be prolonged (several weeks to months) before noticeable efficacy can be determined. Regular dosing compliance is mandatory for success. * **Lifelong Commitment**: Once the drug is stopped, the prostate will typically start growing again. Long-term therapy is usually required unless the dog is neutered. * **Breeding**: This medication is often chosen because it generally preserves fertility and breeding ability in stud dogs, though minor decreases in ejaculate volume may occur.
劑量必須由獸醫按你寵物的個別情況決定。切勿在沒有獸醫指導下給予人類藥物或其他寵物的處方藥。
用途
- Adjunctive treatment of adrenal disease
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy
給藥方式
可能的副作用
- Decreased libido
- Decreased ejaculate volume
- Impotence (rare/mild)
- Secreted into semen
- Causes fetal anomalies (teratogenic)
注意事項與禁忌
- Hypersensitivity to finasteride
- Sexually developing animals
- Females (especially pregnant females)
- Sexually-developing dogs
- Breeding dogs (due to secretion in semen and teratogenic potential)
- > **WARNING**: Finasteride is highly teratogenic. Pregnant women or women who may become pregnant must exercise extreme caution. * **Hepatic Impairment**: Use with caution in patients with significant hepatic impairment as metabolism of the drug may be reduced. * **Patient Selection**: Finasteride should be used in adult males only; do not use in sexually developing animals. * **Females**: Not indicated for use in females. FDA Category X for use during pregnancy in humans (demonstrates fetal abnormalities).
藥物相互作用
- Anticholinergic drugs: May precipitate or aggravate urinary retention thereby negating the effects of the drug when used for BPH
常見問題
Finasteride用於寵物有甚麼用途？
> **CRITICAL WARNING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN**: Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant must **NOT** handle crushed or broken tablets. The active ingredient can be absorbed through the skin and cause severe birth defects in male fetuses. * **Patience is Key**: Therapy might be prolonged (several weeks to months) before noticeable efficacy can be determined. Regular dosing compliance is mandatory for success. * **Lifelong Commitment**: Once the drug is stopped, the prostate will typically start growing again. Long-term therapy is usually required unless the dog is neutered. * **Breeding**: This medication is often chosen because it generally preserves fertility and breeding ability in stud dogs, though minor decreases in ejaculate volume may occur.
Finasteride對我的寵物安全嗎？
劑量必須由獸醫按你寵物的個別情況決定。切勿在沒有獸醫指導下給予人類藥物或其他寵物的處方藥。
本文僅供一般健康教育，不能取代專業獸醫意見。如寵物身體不適，請諮詢獸醫。