Veltride Tablet is used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. It shrinks the size of the enlarged prostate gland to relieve symptoms like pain and difficulty in passing urine.

Veltride Tablet can be taken with or without food. The dose and duration of the medicine should be taken as per prescription. An overdose of it may cause harm to your health. It is better to take the medicine at the same time each day and it must be swallowed as a whole. It may take some time for the medicine to act upon the symptoms, so it is important to take the medicine regularly. The course of the treatment should be completed for better efficacy of the medicine.

This medicine is usually well tolerated. However, it may cause some mild sexual side effects such as low sexual drive, trouble getting and maintaining an erection (impotence), and decrease sperm count. Some people may also experience allergic reactions such as itching, rashes, and swelling of the lips or face. If you experience any of these side effects, consult your doctor without delay.

Before starting the treatment, it is important to tell your doctor if you are taking any medication for any health condition. Remember not to donate blood for six months after taking the last dose of this medicine.

Uses of Veltride Tablet

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Benefits of Veltride Tablet

In Benign prostatic hyperplasia

When your prostate gland becomes enlarged it can cause urinary problems such as difficulty passing urine and the need to go to the toilet frequently or urgently. It can also cause urine flow to be slower. If not treated, there is a risk that your urine flow will be completely blocked. Veltride Tablet works by relaxing muscles in the bladder and prostate. So, it can rapidly relieve the symptoms and make it easier for you to urinate. It also helps to treat uncontrollable contractions (spasms) of the bladder muscles that causes frequent urination, urgent need to urinate, and inability to control passing of urine. It also relieves painful, or frequent urination and reduces urgency to urinate. Take this medicine exactly as prescribed for maximum benefits.

Side effects of Veltride Tablet

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Veltride

Decreased sperm count
Impotence
Decreased libido
Ejaculation disorder
Breast enlargement in male
Breast tenderness in male

How to use Veltride Tablet

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. Veltride Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

How Veltride Tablet works

Veltride Tablet is a 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. It blocks an enzyme which is necessary to change testosterone to another hormone that causes the prostate to grow. As a result, it helps to shrink the prostate and relieve the symptoms like difficulty in passing urine.

Safety advice

Alcohol

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Veltride Tablet. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy

UNSAFE

Veltride Tablet is highly unsafe to use during pregnancy. Seek your doctor's advice as studies on pregnant women and animals have shown significant harmful effects to the developing baby.

Breast feeding

UNSAFE

Veltride Tablet is unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Data suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby.
$med_name is not indicated for use in women.

Driving

SAFE

Veltride Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.

Kidney

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Veltride Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Veltride Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.

Liver

CAUTION

Veltride Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Veltride Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Veltride Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease.

What if you forget to take Veltride Tablet?

If you miss a dose of Veltride Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.

All substitutes

For informational purposes only. Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.

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Quick tips

Your doctor has prescribed Veltride Tablet to shrink the enlarged prostate and reduce the risk of urinary retention.
It may take 3 to 6 months to see the full beneficial effect of Veltride Tablet. Hence, continue taking the medicine as advised by your doctor.
Veltride Tablet is usually well tolerated. However, it may produce some mild sexual side effects such as low sexual drive.
Do not donate blood for 6 months after taking the last dose of Veltride Tablet.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Androgen Derivative

Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

UROLOGY

Action Class

5 alpha- reductase inhibitor (5ARI)

Interaction with drugs

Taking Veltride with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects

Atazanavir

Brand(s): Atazor, Atavir, Virataz

Serious

Clotrimazole

Brand(s): Clowil, Odis, Kamestin

Serious

Fluconazole

Brand(s): Geoflu, Con F, Fucan

Serious

Indinavir

Brand(s): Indease

Serious

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Patient concerns

What is hyperplasia nd wht a treatment

Dr. Banashree Majumdar

Dermatology

Mr. PATIENT is not a medical condition, it's just a histological term mentioned in pathology reports

I was having high psa > 8.00. It was Benign Prostate Hyperlasia. Repeated infection of prostate over many years. TURP of prostate done in Nov'2015. Prostate was 30 mg approx then. Still psa remained at 8.27 after TURP. No malignancy in biopsy. In Sept'2016 12 core biopsy of prostate done as psa remained high; biopsy reported no malignancy. On veltride-0.5 since Sept16 . Psa was 5,47 in between and now again it is 6.28. Doctor has given now dutas-0.5mg replacing veltride. He told that after 3 to 4 months if psa remains high beyond 7.00 then MP-MRI to be done. No other problem of infection or pain or swelling. Am I on the right track ? Why PSA remains so high high even 16 months after TURP ? I am not having any urge for sex. Doctor has given tadalagress20 mg ( alternate days) due to loss of libido, which I have not yet taken. Is it safe to take tadalgress alongwith dutas-0.5 mg ?

Dr. Praveen Pushkar

Urology

First of all PSA of 8 is not very high. U already underwent turp n prostate biopsy. No malignancy was detected. Now just relax. No need to take Dutas. Just do PSA every 6 months.

User feedback

Patients taking Veltride Tablet

Once A Day

100%

What are you using Veltride Tablet for?

Others

62%

Benign prosta*

38%

*Benign prostatic hyperplasia

How much was the improvement?

Poor

42%

Average

33%

Excellent

25%

What were the side-effects while using Veltride Tablet?

Allergic reac*

33%

Impotence

33%

No Side Effec*

33%

*Allergic reaction, No Side Effect

How do you take Veltride Tablet?

With food

100%

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Country of origin: India
Expires on or after: February, 2025

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