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Alchohol Interaction | Taking Silodosin with alcohol may have additive effects in lowering your blood pressure. You may experience a headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, and/or changes in pulse or heart rate. |
Pregnancy Interaction | Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy.Human and animal studies have shown significant adverse effects on the foetus. Please consult your doctor. |
Lactation Interaction | No information is available on the use of Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet during lactation. Please consult your doctor. |
Common Side Effect | Ejaculation disorder, Retrograde ejaculation, Impotence, Breast pain. |
How to Use | Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet is to be taken with food.This will help to avoid the side effects. |
Driving | Dizziness or weakness due to low blood pressure may occur in some patients while on Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet. If you are affected in this way, your ability to drive may be impaired. |
Kidney | Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor. |
Liver | Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Use of Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease. |
Mechanism of action | Maxvoid Plus 8mg/0.5mg Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Silodosin and Dutasteride which relieve the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Silodosin is an alpha-blocker. It works by relaxing muscle around the bladder exit and prostate gland so urine is passed more easily. Dutasteride is a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor which helps in shrinking the prostate by decreasing the level of a hormone that causes the prostate to grow. |