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. This causes perineal pain, weakness, fatigue, urinary dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction. It is imperative to treat acute prostatitis in order to avoid the dangerous complications of this disease.
By now, the causes and processes occurring in prostatitis are well understood. Therefore, the urologist has a large arsenal of tools for the treatment of this disease. They should only be prescribed by a specialist who is familiar with the links in the development of the disease that a particular drug affects and also takes into account the 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.
In order to achieve a targeted effect on the bacterium that causes prostatitis in a particular person, it is necessary to perform a bacteriological study of the secretion secreted by the prostate. Only after knowing the name of the microorganism, what are its properties and to which antibacterial agents it is sensitive, you can choose a suitable antibiotic. And modern drugs of a similar orientation are able to 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 used in the treatment of prostatitis.
Antiviral therapy
If the prostatitis has a herpetic etiology, it is treated with antiviral drugs. He:
- Acyclovir;
- Valciclovir;
- Ffamciclovir.
The latter drug is the "gold standard" for the treatment of viral prostatitis.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Medicines such as diclofenac, indomethacin, ketoprofen or ketorolac are needed 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 high body temperature.
The optimal drug that fights inflammation is Diclofenac, it also eliminates pain syndrome very well. If the pain is particularly severe and acute, ketorolac is used.
Medicines that eliminate spasms
In the treatment of prostatitis, drugs are used that act on various key points of the spasm of 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: it acts on smooth muscles, which makes this reaction impossible, which results in muscle spasm;
- Baclofen: reduces the sensitivity of nerve fibers in the prostate and poisonous organs;
- Tamsulosin: works only on receptors in the muscles of the bladder and prostate.
Auxiliary drugs
The following drugs are a good adjunct to the treatment of prostatitis:
- Prostate extract: the drug protects prostate cells from damage caused by inflammation, improves microcirculation, clears congestion of the vessels of the small pelvis, and strengthens the vessels. All of these effects are extremely beneficial for chronic prostatitis. Having an animal, not a chemical origin, does not cause side effects. It can be used in the form of injections or suppositories.
- Creeping palm fruit extract. It is a 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 you go to the toilet.
- Bioactive food supplement, contains a complex of proteins and nucleoproteins isolated from the prostate of cattle, which affects the metabolism of the prostate, normalizing its work and, as a result, urination.