Prostatitis and its treatment is one of the most painful topics in men suffering from this disease. Treatment of prostatitis, according to experts, is a process consisting of many completely different procedures: physiotherapy, medication, massage. Only a comprehensive impact on the problem can help eliminate the unpleasant symptoms and, most importantly, the cause of the disease. The main role in this is assigned to medicines in the form of tablets, injections and suppositories.
Medications for treating prostatitis are chosen by the attending physician. The set of tools depends on the form of the disease that the patient has. Also, an important role is played by the type of infection that caused inflammation of the prostate. All doctors in the first place pay attention to these two factors. What else can influence the choice of drugs? We'll talk about that later. But first, let’s try to understand what problems men have with prostatitis and what to deal with.
How do we know this is prostatitis?
Treatment of prostatitis cannot begin without patient complaints. What signs might indicate that a man is ill with her? Experts agree that the initial stage of the disease may not appear at all. Weakness and fatigue, which appear at the onset of the disease, are often mistaken by men for common fatigue, vitamin deficiency, and stress. And only when the inflammation covers the entire prostate can they notice pain above the pubis, radiating to the rectum, difficulty urinating, and a constant desire to use the toilet. Accompanied by such complaints that patients most often go to polyclinics. At this stage of the disease development, treatment of prostatitis with pills gives a good result. The risk of becoming chronic is minimal.
However, about 25% of men with prostate symptoms are in no hurry to see a doctor and be patient. In this case, the complaints are much more serious. In addition to persistent traction pain, men complain of reduced potency, lack of erection or very rapid ejaculation. In the urine of such patients, fibers, flakes, and blood inclusions are visually observed. Treating prostatitis at this stage is a very complex process.
it is almost impossible to cope with the disease with pills alone. In addition, the risk of complications, such as calculated prostatitis, increases significantly.
Causes of prostatitis
What can cause prostate in men? Treatment begins with raising this question. Above all, it is precisely the diagnosis that is made that helps in choosing the right medication for each case. Young men most often become victims of prostatitis, which has developed as a result of genital infections they have suffered: herpes, candidiasis, chlamydia, cytomegalovirus, trichomoniasis, etc. Also, inflammation of the prostate gland develops as a result of regular hypothermia or small pelvic blockage due to a sedentary lifestyle.
In mature 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, a decrease in immunity and chronic inflammatory processes of internal organs may be the cause of their disease.
Based on these statistics, as well as from laboratory and instrumental studies, the doctor selects medication to treat prostatitis.
Treatment method
There are several important aspects in the medical treatment of pathology. All of them are aimed at restoring prostate tissue, eliminating inflammation and fighting the microorganisms that caused the disease. Symptomatic treatment of prostatitis in men is also of great importance. Medications in this case relieve pain and spasms.
Eliminating symptoms is not the most important thing in treating prostate inflammation. Antimicrobial and antiviral drugs for the treatment of prostatitis are much more important. Their selection is performed in accordance with the results of laboratory tests. In this case, not only the type of pathogen is taken into account, but also the sensitivity of the patient's body to the medication.
What else is needed to eliminate prostatitis in men? Treatment necessarily involves taking medication that restores immune status. This allows the patient's body to resist the infection on its own. In addition, attention is paid to restoring potency (if there are problems with it).
Treatment methods such as prostate massage, herbal medicine and special diet also contribute to restoring prostate function.
Types and forms of drugs for prostate
So we have figured out which treatment methods are considered most effective today. Since medications for treating prostatitis are considered to be the main measures to fight the disease, it is worth considering in more detail which forms are used most often:
- Antibiotics and antiviral drugs - in the form of tablets, rectal suppositories and injections.
- Alpha 1-blockers - in the form of tablets or capsules.
- Hormonal preparations for the treatment of prostatitis and prostate adenoma - in the form of tablets.
- 5-alpha reductase inhibitors - tablets or capsules.
- Phytopreparations - in the form of tablets, powder-filled capsules or dragees.
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - in the form of tablets or solution for injection.
The attending physician, after a thorough examination of the patient, decides how the prostate will be treated: with pills, injections and / or suppositories.
What medications are most often used when a man is diagnosed with inflammation of the prostate gland? The names of many medications will mean nothing to most patients, and single ads indicate about 2-3 remedies that can help fight prostatitis. Next, we will examine each group of drugs for this disease in more detail.
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
Prostate medications from this group are designed to relieve pain and inflammation. They can also lower body temperature in acute prostatitis. The most suitable drugs are:
- Rectal suppositories and diclofenac sodium injections.
- Ketromolac trometamol tablets and solution for injection.
Both of these drugs have contraindications. Basically, their intake is reflected in the patients 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 high-intensity pain.
Antibiotics and antiviral drugs for prostatitis Antibiotics and Antivirals are completely new medicines for treating prostatitis. The fact is that penicillin and similar substances are not able to penetrate sufficiently into the prostate barrier and accumulate in the glandular tissue. Therefore, antibiotics known for a long time are not effective enough. What medications can be taken for prostate inflammation? Here is a list of them:- Tablets and injections belonging to the protected subgroup of amoxicillins and are effective in acute and chronic prostatitis.
- Solution for injection Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime or Ceftriaxone. While very effective, these antibiotics have virtually no side effects.
- Azithromycin and Josamycin tablets and injections, in relation to macrolides. With their help, you can fight microorganisms inside the cells of the diseased organ, namely the prostate. Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin or Ciprofloxacin tablets and capsules. In addition to antimicrobial action, they produce an immunomodulatory effect.
- Ciprofloxacin and acyclovir tablets are prescribed for patients who have a viral infection due to inflammation of the prostate.
So we have listed the main medicines used to treat prostatitis in men. Medications should only be selected and prescribed by a specialist!
Preparations for boosting immunity
Any inflammatory process, including prostatitis, occurs against the background of reduced immunity. This is why it is important to take immunomodulators. The most effective for prostatitis are:
- tablets interferon alfa and tactin, which protect against foreign microorganisms;
- levamisole T lymphocyte stimulator;
- tablets containing sodium nuclein, which increase the activity of macrophage cells;
- medicines methyluracil and dried juice of the herb Echinacea purpurea, stimulating cellular immunity.
All of the above medications are prescribed by the attending physician. It also calculates the required dose and duration of receiving the funds. It is not recommended to take them yourself!
Herbal remedies for prostatitis
Despite the abundance of synthetic drugs, treating prostatitis requires less time with regular intake of special phytopreparations.
That is, normalization of urination
Drugs in this group are mainly used for chronic prostatitis. This is this form of the disease which means problems with urination. As a rule, alpha-1-blockers help relieve swelling of prostate tissue.
The most popular remedies for prostate
Currently, physicians specializing in the treatment of male diseases, including prostatitis, prefer to prescribe complex drugs to patients who combine several properties at the same time. For example, prostate extract injection solution is effective in both acute and chronic prostatitis. Its use helps to activate the immune system, strengthen the vascular and cell walls in the prostate. As a result of therapy with the use of this drug, blood circulation to the pelvic organs is normalized, the restoration of prostate tissue occurs several times faster. Also, drugs are often used to treat chronic prostatitis in the form of rectal suppositories.
Should I take prostate hormones?
Hormonal preparations for prostate in acute and chronic forms are not used. The only condition under which a doctor can prescribe hormone-containing drugs is the presence of a benign or malignant tumor 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 attending physician. Self-administration of drugs can lead to unpredictable consequences.