Dutasteride and AndroGel

Hello Doctor!

I have recently been diagnosed with having low testosterone and my doctor has prescribed androgel (I think that’s the name). I am currently taking .5mg of Dutasteride. Will the Dutasteride reduce the chances of hair loss from the Androgel? Thanks!

It may, but I would discuss your concerns with your doctor, as it seems you have other medical conditions that need to be addressed.

Dutasteride will decrease your DHT level and may compete with the 5 alpha-reductase enzyme that the DHT attacks, but AndroGel will increase your testosterone level, which may increase your DHT level. So what does this all mean? To me, it means that the block created by the medication will still work, but in medicine, things are not so simple and binary so I can not tell you the degree of offset that the AndroGel will cause.