Prostatitis is an inflammatory process that develops in the glandular tissue of the prostate, sometimes with a transition to the muscular part of this organ.This causes pain in the perineum, weakness, fatigue, problems urinating and sexual dysfunction.It is necessary to treat acute prostatitis to avoid dangerous complications of this disease.
Currently, both the causes and processes that occur in prostatitis are well studied.Therefore, the urologist has a wide arsenal of means to treat this disease.They should be prescribed only by a specialist who is aware of which parts of the development of the disease are affected by a particular drug and also takes into account contraindications to them.Let's consider the main groups of drugs used in the treatment of prostatitis.
Antibacterial agents
Most often, prostatitis is caused by bacteria.Antibacterial drugs are directed against them.
To carry out a targeted effect on the bacteria that caused prostatitis in a particular person, it is necessary to conduct a bacteriological study of the secretion secreted by the prostate gland.Only after you know the name of the microorganism, what its properties are and which antibacterial agents it is sensitive to, can you choose a suitable antibiotic.And modern medicines of this type can cure even severe forms of the disease.For acute bacterial prostatitis, the following antibiotics are used:
- Amoxicillin;
- Ceftriaxone;
- Cefotaxime;
- Ofloxacin;
- Ciprofloxacin;
- Azithromycin.
This is not a complete list of antibacterial medications used to treat prostatitis.
Antiviral treatment
If prostatitis has a herpetic etiology, it is treated with antiviral drugs.That:
- Acyclovir;
- Valciclovir;
- Famciclovir.
This last medication is the “gold standard” for the treatment of viral prostatitis.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Drugs such as Diclofenac, Indomethacin, Ketoprofen or Ketorolac are needed not so much to eliminate the painful syndrome that accompanies this disease, but to reduce the swelling of the gland and its inflammation.They also contribute to the appearance in the blood of substances that alleviate the manifestation of intoxication and reduce high body temperature.
The ideal medicine to combat inflammation is Diclofenac, which also eliminates pain very well.If the pain is especially severe and sharp, ketorolac is used.
Medicines that eliminate spasms
In the treatment of prostatitis, medications are used that act on several key points of spasm of the pelvic muscles and prostate.This allows you to improve urination and help medications from the previous group eliminate pain.So here they apply:
- Drotaverine: acts on smooth muscles, preventing the reaction that causes muscle spasm;
- Baclofen: reduces the sensitivity of nerve fibers originating from the prostate and poisonous organs;
- Tamsulosin: acts only on receptors located in the bladder and prostate muscles.
Auxiliary medicines
A good complement to the treatment of prostatitis are the following medications:
- Prostate extract: the medicine protects prostate cells against damage caused by inflammation, improves microcirculation, eliminates congestion in pelvic vessels, strengthens blood vessels.All of these effects are extremely useful for chronic prostatitis.As it is of animal and non-chemical origin, it does not cause side effects.It can be used in the form of injections or suppositories.
- Creeping palm fruit extract.This is a herbal remedy that has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect.It also regulates the volume and force of urination and reduces discomfort that occurs when going to the bathroom.
- Bioactive dietary supplement that contains a complex of proteins and nucleoproteins isolated from the bovine prostate, which affects prostate metabolism, normalizing its function and, consequently, urination.