Question

A nursing instructor is teaching a session on the drugs used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy. The instructor determines the session is successful when the students correctly choose which drugs that exert their effect by preventing testosterone conversion into an androgen?

Answer 1

The correct answer is - Finasteride, Dutasteride

Step-by-step explanation:

The treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy by Finasteride, Dutasteride helps in significant decrease in decrease in prostatic volume, obstruction and urinary flow increase in individual.

Dutasteride and finasteride testosterone conversion into an androgen, and lower the quantity of a hormone known as dihydrotestosterone (DHT) responsible for growth of prostate.

Thus, the correct answer is - Finasteride, and Dutasteride.