Gynecomastia and Avodart

My question is what to do about gynecomastia from Avodart, which stays in your system for months (maybe even a year) after discontinuation. Since the usual treatment for drug induced gynecomastia is to stop taking the drug, this is essentially not an option with Avodart.

My doctor feels otherwise, but wouldn’t you think a more aggressive treatment such as tamoxifen would be warranted? There is already a lump you can feel, and my understanding is that this will become permanent if it lasts more than six months.

Any advice what I should do?

You need a doctor to guide you in a direction here, and your prescribing doctor is the one to go to. I would probably suggest that you just discontinue the drug, maybe switch to finasteride in very low doses, but I am not your doctor.

I don’t have experience with using tamoxifen as a treatment, as described here. Hair loss is listed as a possible side effect from tamoxifen, by the way.