Prostatitis and its treatment are one of the most painful topics in men suffering from this disease. The treatment of prostatitis, according to experts, is a process consisting of many completely different procedures: physiotherapy, medication, massage. Only a comprehensive effect on the problem can help get rid of unpleasant symptoms and most importantly the cause of the disease. The main role in this case is given to drugs in the form of tablets, injections and suppositories.
Medication for the treatment of prostatitis is chosen by the attending physician. The set of methods depends on the form of the disease the patient is suffering from. Also, an important role is played by the type of infection that causes prostate inflammation. All doctors pay attention to both of these factors. What else can influence drug choices? We will discuss this later. But first, let’s try to figure out what men’s problems with prostatitis are and what they should face.
How to understand that this is prostatitis?
Treatment of prostatitis should not be started without patient complaints. What signs can indicate that a man is sick with it? Experts agree that the early stages of the disease may not manifest themselves at all. Weakness and fatigue, which appear at the onset of the disease, are often misunderstood by men due to normal fatigue, vitamin deficiency and stress. And only when the inflammation covers the entire prostate, they can see pain in the pubis, radiating to the rectum, difficulty urinating and a constant desire to use the toilet. With such complaints, patients most often go to the polyclinic. At the stage of development of the disease, treatment of prostatitis with pills gives good results. The risk of becoming chronic is minimal.
However, about 25% of men with prostatitis symptoms do not rush to see a doctor and survive. In this case, the complaint is much more serious. In addition to persistent pain, men complain of decreased potency, lack of erection, or premature ejaculation. In the urine of such patients, fibers, fragments and blood entry are visually observed. Treatment of prostatitis at this stage is a very complex process.
It is almost impossible to cure this disease with pills alone. In addition, the risk of complications, such as calculus prostatitis, increases significantly.
Causes of prostatitis
What can cause prostatitis in men? Treatment (medicine) begins by asking this question. However, precisely the diagnosis made can help choose the right medication for each case. Young men are most often victims of prostatitis, which develops as a result of the genital infections they experience: herpes, candidiasis, chlamydia, cytomegalovirus, trichomoniasis, etc. Also, inflammation of the prostate gland develops as a result of normal hypothermia or stagnation in the small pelvis due to an inactive lifestyle.
In adult men, prostatitis most often appears as a result of inflammatory diseases of internal organs, stress, purulent inflammatory processes in the skin, as well as after the flu or other viral infections.
Elderly patients begin to suffer from prostatitis due to prolonged sexual abstinence. In addition, decreased immunity and chronic inflammatory processes of internal organs can be the cause of the disease.
Based on these statistics, as well as from laboratory and instrumental studies, doctors choose drugs for the treatment of prostatitis.
Methods of treatment
There are several important aspects in the treatment of medical pathology. They all aim to restore prostate tissue, eliminate inflammation, and fight the microorganisms that cause the disease. Symptomatic treatment of prostatitis in men is also very important. Medications in this case relieve pain and cramps.
Elimination of symptoms is not the most important thing in the treatment of prostate inflammation. Antimicrobial and antiviral drugs for the treatment of prostatitis are far more important. Their selection is carried out according to the results of laboratory tests. In this case, not only the type of pathogen is considered, but also the patient's body's sensitivity to the drugs.
What else is needed to get rid of prostatitis in men? Treatment (medication) must include taking medication that restores immune status. This allows the patient's body to withstand the infection on its own. In addition, attention is given to potential recovery (if there is a problem with it).
Treatment methods such as prostate massage, herbal medicine and special nutrition also contribute to the restoration of prostate gland function.
Types and forms of medication for prostatitis
Therefore, we have identified which treatment methods are currently considered most effective. Since drugs for the treatment of prostatitis are considered a major step in the fight against the disease, it is necessary to consider in more detail which form is most commonly used:
- Antibiotics and antiviral drugs - in the form of tablets, rectal suppositories and injections.
- Alpha 1-blocker - in tablet or capsule form.
- Hormonal preparations for the treatment of prostatitis and prostate adenoma - in tablet form.
- 5-alpha reductase inhibitor - tablets or capsules.
- Fitopreparations - in the form of tablets, capsules with powder filling or dragees
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - in the form of tablets or injectable solutions.
The attending physician, after a thorough examination of the patient, decides how prostatitis treatment will be performed: with pills, injections and / or suppositories.
What medication is most commonly used when a man is diagnosed with inflammation of the prostate gland? The names of many drugs do not mean much to most patients, and a single ad tells about 2-3 drugs that can help in the fight against prostatitis. Next, we will consider each group of drugs for this disease in more detail.
Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Prostatitis drugs from this group are designed to relieve pain and inflammation. They can also lower body temperature in acute prostatitis. The most suitable medication is:
- Rectal suppositories and diclofenac sodium injections.
- Ketorolac trometamol tablets and solutions for injection.
Both of these drugs have contraindications. Basically, its intake is indicated in the patient’s digestive system, therefore, in most cases, the treatment regimen is a three-day course with a weekly interval between them. But the drug "Ketorolac" is recommended for single use for pain with high intensity.
Antibiotics and antiviral drugs for prostatitis
Antibiotics and Antivirus are new drugs for the treatment of prostatitis. The fact is that penicillin and similar substances cannot penetrate the prostate barrier sufficiently and accumulate in the glandular tissue. Therefore, antibiotics that have been known for a long time are not effective enough. What medications can be taken for prostate inflammation? Here is their list:
- Tablets and injections belonging to the amoxicillin subgroup are protected and effective in acute and chronic prostatitis.
- Solution for Cefotaxime, Ceftazidim or Ceftriaxone injection. Although very effective, these antibiotics have almost no side effects.
- Tablets and injections of Azithromycin and Josamycin, macrolide-related. With their help, you can fight the microorganisms in the cells of diseased organs, namely the prostate.
- Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin, or Ciprofloxacin tablets and capsules. In addition to antimicrobial action, they produce immunomodulatory effects.
- Tablets ciprofloxacin and acyclovir are prescribed for patients with viral infections as the cause of prostate inflammation.
Therefore, we have listed the main drugs used to treat prostatitis in men. The medicine must be selected and prescribed by a specialist only!
Preparations for boosting immunity
Any inflammatory process, including prostatitis, occurs against the background of decreased immunity. This is why it is important to take immunomodulators. The most effective for prostatitis are:
- tablets interferon alpha and taktivin, which protect against foreign microorganisms;
- Levamisole T-lymphocyte Stimulator;
- tablets containing sodium nucleinat, which increases macrophage cell activity;
- methyluracil and dried juice Echinacea purpurea, stimulates cellular immunity.
All of the above medications are prescribed by the attending physician. He also calculates the dose and time required to take the funds. It is not recommended to take it yourself!
Herbal medicine for prostatitis
Although there are many synthetic drugs, the treatment of prostatitis requires less time with regular intake of phytopreparation.
Meaning, normalize urination
Drugs in this group are used mainly for chronic prostatitis. It is this form of the disease that causes problems with urination. As a rule, alpha-1-blockers help relieve swelling of prostate tissue.
The most popular remedy for prostatitis
Currently, doctors who specialize in the treatment of male diseases, including prostatitis, prefer to give complex medications to patients who combine several properties at once. For example, prostate extract injection solutions are effective in acute and chronic prostatitis. Its use helps activate the immune system, strengthens the vascular walls and cells in the prostate. As a result of therapy with the use of this drug, blood circulation in the pelvic organs is normalized, recovery of prostate tissue occurs several times faster. Also, the drug is often used to treat chronic prostatitis in the form of rectal suppositories.
Should I take hormones for prostatitis?
Hormone preparations for prostatitis in acute and chronic forms are not used. The only condition in which a doctor can prescribe a hormone-containing drug is the presence of benign or malignant tumors in the prostate gland.
In conclusion, I would like to remind the reader once again that all the medicines mentioned in this article are prescribed by the treating physician. Giving medication yourself can lead to unpredictable consequences.