If prostatitis develops, it is highly likely that special treatment is needed. A bacterial disease develops in one third of patients. It is necessary to suppress the growth of bacteria with suitable medications. Antibiotics for prostatitis are prescribed when the diagnosis is confirmed by preliminary research. For the treatment to have the desired effect, acting on the body as judiciously as possible, choose the drugs that will help you the most, learn how to take them and the potential threats of use.
Benefits of antibiotic treatment
Modern medicine uses antibiotics for prostatitis or other diseases due to its capabilities:
- quickly destroys the source of the disease and eliminates inflammation;
- produce substances that kill or prevent the multiplication of bacteria and large viruses, but are safe for the cells of the macroorganism;
- act when applied externally (suppositories, ointments) and with other routes of administration: intramuscular, oral, intravenous;
- fights simultaneously with many pathogens (broad-spectrum antibiotics).
The main groups of antibacterial drugs used for prostatitis
Antibiotics are a relatively new substance discovered in the 1920s. A large list of drugs neutralizes viruses, helping to eliminate the causes of prostatitis and other diseases. The different nature of the effect, the differences in chemical structure allowed to distinguish several groups of antibiotics for bacterial prostatitis: chronic or acute.
Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolones are chemically synthesized today. The active substances that affect different types of bacteria are especially good in treating the chronic form of the disease. Fluoroquinolone-based media is absorbed into the digestive tract as quickly as possible. From here, they move easily within organ and tissue cells and destroy bacteria. The medications cause gastrointestinal and nervous system disorders, allergies. In rare cases, diseases of the kidneys, musculoskeletal system, heart, candidiasis, colitis are observed.
Tetracyclines
The tetracycline family includes broad-spectrum antibiotics that are similar in composition and properties. They have the same mechanism of influence on microbes, similar characteristics and complete cross-resistance. If a drug has stopped working in the body, similar drugs will also be ineffective. To achieve the result, it is better to take with medicines that have a different working method. Tetracyclines are highly active against the bacteria that cause prostatitis, but are difficult to tolerate.
Penicillins
Penicillins block peptidoglycan synthesis, from which the bacterial cell wall is built. Of this they die. The mammalian body does not produce peptidoglycan, so drugs are safe for humans, the only thing that can be found while taking them is allergies. The most commonly used drugs for prostatitis in the penicillin group are tablets.
Cephalosporins
The principle of bactericidal action of cephalosporins is dangerous for microorganisms. It damages the cell wall and leads to death. The assimilation of drugs in this group through the gastrointestinal tract is weak. They irritate the mucous membranes, cause allergies, impaired renal function, are contraindicated in case of danger of meningitis. Used intramuscularly.
Macrolides
Macrolides are the least toxic antibiotics of natural origin that inhibit the growth of bacteria. These drugs are rarely used because their effectiveness has not been proven. Patients tolerate therapy with these agents well for prostatitis. Medicines rarely contribute to the appearance of allergies, there are no cases of liver or kidney depression, destruction of joints, bone tissue, toxic effects.
Antibiotic regimen for the treatment of prostatitis in men
To effectively cure a disease, it is necessary to make diagnoses that show the type of bacteria that causes the disease in a given patient, their sensitivity to drugs. Based on the test results, the doctor decides how to treat chronic prostatitis or an acute form of the disease. A set of procedures will help to alleviate inflammation of the prostate if the disease arises due to the entry of bacteria.
The treatment regime for prostatitis includes:
- taking antibiotics to kill bacteria;
- use of medicines to improve blood circulation, reduce congestion;
- addition of anti-inflammatory - if you need to relieve pain by reducing swelling of the gland;
- substances that regulate the immune system;
- trace elements: selenium, zinc, magnesium;
- sedatives; herbs
- (lingonberry, elderberry, St. John's wort, comfrey, goldenrod);
- prostate massage - relieves inflammation, eliminates stagnant secretions;
- exercise - stimulates blood circulation.
In acute pathology
Treatment is carried out in a hospital or under medical supervision at home. Medicines that have a complex effect are used: cephalosporins, tetracyclines and, with reduced inflammation, fluoroquinolones. For a quick effect, a urologist can prescribe two antibiotics.
The result of therapy in acute inflammation, as a rule, is visible immediately, but it is absolutely impossible to stop taking the drugs. Follow the course of 4 weeks until the end and follow the dosage precisely to neutralize the inflammatory process. Otherwise, it is able to turn into a chronic form. If you strictly follow all the urologist's recommendations, the disease will regress forever and never come back.
For chronic prostatitis
The chronic slow course of prostate disease is seen much more frequently. Calm periods give way to exacerbations. Is chronic prostatitis treated? The prognosis is less reassuring than in the case of acute inflammation. The results of the therapy are weaker: the pathology changes the structure of the gland tissues so that the antibiotic does not remain in them for a long time. Destinations:
- Preparations are prescribed taking into account the nature and degree of sensitivity of the microflora.
- Broad-spectrum drugs are highly effective, especially cephalosparins and macrolides, fluoroquinolones.
- The minimum course is one month, however, several cycles are often performed at intervals. It is impossible to interrupt treatment when the condition improves: changes can be deceiving.
What are the most effective antibiotics
To cure or reduce the symptoms of infectious prostatitis, strictly follow your doctor's recommendations. Begin the course only after diagnosis, when the doctor understands the nature of the disease. Self-treatment at home is fraught with devastating consequences, the malfunction of the body's systems.
There are side effects and contraindications
Compounds that restore the microflora of the stomach are often prescribed along with medications. Possible reactions to antibiotics are noted:
- malfunction of the digestive tract;
- allergic skin rashes; intoxication
- (fever, pain, diarrhea);
- deterioration of health.
Antibiotics are not used to treat non-infectious (congestive) inflammation. It is forbidden to accept them:
- for allergies;
- kidney and liver diseases;
- pregnancy;
- breastfeeding;
- children.