Prostatitis is an inflammatory process that develops in the glandular tissue of the prostate, sometimes with a transition to the muscular part of that organ. This causes perineal pain, weakness, fatigue, urinary dysfunction and sexual dysfunction. It is imperative to treat acute prostatitis to avoid dangerous complications from this disease.
Currently, both the causes and the processes that occur in prostatitis are well known. Therefore, the urologist has a wide arsenal of tools for the treatment of this disease. They should only be prescribed by a specialist who is aware of what links in disease development a particular drug affects, and who also takes into account its contraindications. Consider the main groups of medications used to treat prostatitis.
antibacterial agents
The most common cause of prostatitis is bacteria. Antibacterial drugs are directed against them.
To achieve a targeted effect on the bacteria that caused prostatitis in a particular person, it is necessary to carry out a bacteriological study of the secretion secreted by the prostate. Only after knowing the name of the microorganism, what its properties and what antibacterial agents it is sensitive to, can a suitable antibiotic be chosen. And similarly oriented modern medicines are capable of curing even the severe forms of the disease. In 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 the prostatitis has a herpetic aetiology, it will be treated with antiviral drugs. This:
- Acyclovir;
- Valciclovir;
- Ffamciclovir.
This last drug is the "gold standard" for the treatment of viral prostatitis.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Drugs such as diclofenac, indomethacin, ketoprofen or ketorolac are needed not so much to eliminate the pain that accompanies this disease, but to reduce gland swelling and inflammation. They also contribute to the appearance in the blood of substances that facilitate the manifestation of intoxication and reduce the rise in body temperature.
The ideal drug that fights inflammation is diclofenac, it also eliminates pain syndrome very well. If the pain is especially severe and sharp, ketorolac is used.
Drugs that eliminate spasm
In the treatment of prostatitis, medications are used that act on several key spasm points of the pelvis and prostate muscles. This allows you to improve urination and help medications from the previous group to eliminate pain. So here they apply:
- Drotaverine: acts on smooth muscles, making this reaction impossible, which is why muscle spasm occurs;
- Baclofen: reduces the sensitivity of nerve fibers in the prostate and poisonous organs;
- Tamsulosin: acts only on receptors found in the bladder and prostate muscles.
Auxiliary drugs
A good addition to the treatment of prostatitis are the following medications:
- Prostate Extract: The drug protects prostate cells from damage during inflammation, improves microcirculation, eliminates congestion in the small pelvic vessels, and strengthens the vessels. All of these effects are extremely beneficial for chronic prostatitis. Having an animal, not of chemical origin, does not cause any side effects. It can be used in the form of injections or suppositories.
- Craying palm fruit extract. It is an herbal remedy with a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. It also regulates the volume and strength of urination and reduces the unpleasant symptoms that occur when going to the bathroom.
- Bioactive food supplement, contains a complex of proteins and nucleoproteins isolated from the bovine prostate, which affects the metabolism of the prostate, normalizing its work and, consequently, urination.