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Description
| Medicine | |
| 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 | Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule 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 Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule 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. Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule 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 Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule. If you are affected in this way, your ability to drive may be impaired. |
| Kidney | Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor. |
| Liver | Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Use of Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease. |
| Mechanism of action | Silotime-D 8mg/0.5mg Capsule 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. |