I just heard an ad on the radio for a prescription pill (don’t recall the name) to treat men with advanced prostate cancer. One of the warnings was that it may cause harm to an unborn child. How could that work?

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I just heard an ad on the radio for a prescription pill (don’t recall the name) to treat men with advanced prostate cancer. One of the warnings was that it may cause harm to an unborn child. How could that work?

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I don’t know about this medicine specifically. However, there are medicines that shrink the prostate that cause birth defects.

Females who may be pregnant shouldn’t touch Finasteride or Dutasteride because it can be absorbed by the skin and cause birth defects. You should also be using protection with sex, since it can get into the semen.

It’s possible this medicine does something similar, so the warning is in effect.