Can I Empty Dutasteride Capsule into Water?

Hi,

Like a previous case, I’m a vegetarian who takes Dutasteride (Dr Reddy’s) 0.5 mg one dose daily for hair loss. I have seen better results with this medication than with finasteride (no results at all). The trouble is I’m unhappy with the fact that the capsule itself has gelatin contents.

I understand that it’s advised to have the capsule swallowed whole because of some sort of risk of irritation. However, would it be permissable to empty the contents into a full glass of water and take the medicine like this?

Any help and advise would be most appreciated.

Kindest regards.

You are asking about using a different method for taking a medication that is intended to be swallowed. I suppose you can try it, but I don’t know if that would compromise the efficacy of the medication. You can try contacting the Dr Reddy’s Laboratories here, but I’d assume they’d tell you that the capsule should be swallowed whole.

I’m not an expert on generic dutasteride and its variations, but there might be another company out there that makes a pill that isn’t a soft gel capsule.