Prostatitis is an inflammatory process that has developed in the glandular tissue of the prostate, sometimes with a transition to the muscular part of this organ. It causes perineal pain, weakness, fatigue, urinary dysfunction and sexual dysfunction. It is necessary to treat acute prostatitis in order to avoid dangerous complications of this disease.
Nowadays, both the causes and processes that occur in prostatitis are well known. Therefore, the urologist has a wide arsenal of tools to treat this disease. They should be prescribed only by a specialist who knows which links in the development of the disease are affected by a particular drug, and takes into account the contraindications for them. Consider the main groups of drugs used to treat prostatitis.
Antibacterial agents
The most common cause of prostatitis is bacteria. Antibacterial drugs are directed against them.
In order to target the bacterium that caused prostatitis in a particular person, it is necessary to conduct a bacteriological examination of the secretion secreted by the prostate. Only after you know the name of the microorganism, what are its properties and what antibacterial agents it is sensitive to, you can choose the appropriate antibiotic. And modern drugs of similar orientation are able to cure severe forms of the disease. The following antibiotics are used in acute bacterial prostatitis:
- Amoxicillin;
- Ceftriaxone;
- Cefotaxime;
- Ofloxacin;
- Ciprofloxacin;
- Azithromycin.
This is not a complete list of antibacterial drugs used to treat prostatitis.
Antiviral treatment
If prostatitis has a herpetic etiology, it is treated with antiviral drugs. It:
- Acyclovir;
- Valciclovir;
- Ffamciclovir.
The latter drug is the "gold standard" for treating viral prostatitis.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Medications such as Diclofenac, Indomethacin, Ketoprofen or Ketorolac are needed not so much to relieve the pain 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 facilitate the manifestation of intoxication and reduce fever.
The optimal drug to fight inflammation is diclofenac, and it also eliminates the pain syndrome very well. If the pain is particularly strong and sharp, Ketorolac is used.
Medications that eliminate cramps
In the treatment of prostatitis, drugs are used that act on various key points of pelvic and prostate muscle spasm. This allows you to improve urination and help the drugs from the previous group to eliminate the pain. So, the following apply here:
- Drotaverine: acts on smooth muscles, making this reaction impossible, which causes muscle spasms;
- Baclofen: reduces the sensitivity of nerve fibers from the prostate and toxic organs;
- Tamsulosin: acts only on those receptors found in the muscles of the bladder and prostate.
Ancillary drugs
A good supplement for the treatment of prostatitis are the following drugs:
- Prostate extract: the drug protects prostate cells from damage during inflammation, improves microcirculation, removes congestion in the vessels of the small pelvis and strengthens blood vessels. All these effects are extremely useful for chronic prostatitis. Having an animal, which is not of chemical origin, does not cause side effects. It can be used in the form of injections or suppositories.
- Creeping palm fruit extract. It is an herbal remedy with a strong anti-inflammatory effect. It also regulates the volume and force of urination, and reduces the unpleasant symptoms that occur when going to the toilet.
- The bioactive food supplement contains a complex of proteins and nucleoproteins isolated from the prostate gland of cattle, which affects the metabolism of the prostate, normalizing its work and, accordingly, urination.