Prostatitis is an inflammatory process that has developed in the glandular tissue of the prostate gland, sometimes with a transition to the muscular part of this organ. This causes perineal pain, weakness, fatigue, urinary dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction. Treating acute prostatitis is imperative to avoid dangerous complications from this disease.
At present, 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 be prescribed only by a specialist who is aware of the links in the development of the disease that a particular drug affects, and also takes into account its contraindications. 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.
To carry out a targeted effect on the bacteria that caused prostatitis in a particular person, it is necessary to conduct a bacteriological study of the secretion secreted by the prostate. Only after knowing the name of the microorganism, what its properties are and what antibacterial agents it is sensitive to, can you choose a suitable antibiotic. And similarly oriented modern drugs can cure even 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 drugs that are used to treat prostatitis.
Antiviral treatment
If prostatitis has a herpetic etiology, it is treated with antiviral drugs. That:
- Acyclovir;
- Valciclovir;
- Ffamciclovir.
The latter drug is the "gold standard" for treating viral prostatitis.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Drugs such as diclofenac, indomethacin, ketoprofen or ketolac are necessary not so much to eliminate 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 elevated body temperature.
The optimal drug that fights inflammation is diclofenac, it also eliminates pain syndrome very well. If the pain is especially severe and sharp, Ketorolac is used.
Medicines that eliminate spasms.
In the treatment of prostatitis, drugs are used that act on several key points of spasm in the muscles of the pelvis and prostate. This allows you to improve urination and help the drugs of the previous group to eliminate pain. So here they apply:
- Drotaverine: acts on the smooth muscles, making this reaction impossible in them, which is why muscle spasm occurs;
- Baclofen - reduces the sensitivity of the nerve fibers of the prostate and poisonous organs;
- Tamsulosin: acts only on those receptors found in the muscles of the bladder and prostate.
Auxiliary drugs
A good addition to 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 the vessels. All of these effects are extremely beneficial for chronic prostatitis. Having an animal origin, not chemical, does not cause side effects. It can be used in the form of injections or suppositories.
- Palm creeping fruit extract. It is a herbal remedy with a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. It also regulates the volume and force of urination, and reduces unpleasant symptoms that occur when going to the bathroom.
- 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, consequently, urination.