Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Patient No.	Age	Etiology	No. of ER aspirations prior	No. of shunt procedures in or prior	Prior medical therapies	No. of ER visits on dutasteride	Tolerated tapered therapy?	Side effects?
1	29	Sickle cell disease (SCD)	1	0	Unknown	0	Did not try
2	34	SCD	Multiple	0	Terbutaline, self-phenylephrine injection	1	Did not try
3	37	SCD	2	0	Lupron, pseudoephedrine	0	Did not try
4	38	SCD	0	0	Lupron	0	Did not try
5	20	Idiopathic	3	0	None	2	Yes
6	42	Idiopathic	0	0	Lupron	0	Yes
7	45	Idiopathic	8	1	None	0	Yes	Decreased libido
8	51	Idiopathic	2	0	None	0	Yes
9	60	Idiopathic	0	0	Unknown	0	Did not try	Gynecomastia
10	48	Idiopathic	1	1	None	0	Yes
11	54	Idiopathic	1	2	None	0	Did not try
12	56	Idiopathic	1	1	None	0	Did not try
13	46	Polycythemia	1	1	Self-phenylephrine injection	0	Did not try	Fatigue