A sedentary lifestyle, constant stress and hypothermia, irregular sex, bacteria entering the urethra - all these are the reasons for the development of the inflammatory process of the prostate.
Inflammation of the prostate gland is the most common disease in men.However, his therapy is an intensive and long process.
In order for the treatment of the disease to be as effective as possible, urologists prescribe comprehensive measures, including the use of herbal medicines and visits to physiotherapeutic procedures.But medications play a big role in treatment.
Only a specialist decides which drugs to prescribe for the treatment of prostatitis in men, but there is a list that includes the most effective drugs.
Manifestations of the development of inflammation of the prostate
Prostate inflammation can be cured quickly only in the initial stage of development, so you should contact a specialist as soon as the first signs of the disease appear.
One of the following symptoms may indicate the development of the disease:
- Pain in the perineal area;
- A feeling of discomfort that appears during bowel movements;
- Constant feeling of bladder fullness;
- The appearance of pain and a permanent, thin flow during urination;
- White or mucous secretions and blood are observed in the urine;
- Uncontrolled slow erection;
- rapid shedding;
- Loss of sexual desire;
- Unreasonable excessive fatigue;
With a bacterial disease, the signs may include an increase in temperature to 37-38 degrees, but in some cases it is possible to reach up to 40 degrees.
The specialist, after conducting an examination and studying the necessary test results, will determine the form and causes of the development of the disease.
The disease can appear due to the action of harmful bacteria, as well as due to stagnant processes occurring in the pelvis.Depending on the nature and causes of the pathology, the urologist will prescribe the most effective drug.
Forms of prescribed drugs
After you have made a diagnosis, the urologist will tell you how to treat prostatitis in men, and also explain what form the drugs for prostatitis take.
The forms that drugs for the treatment of prostatitis have:
- rectal suppositories.Treated with direct impact on the affected organ;
- injections.Injections are the fastest-acting way to get prostatitis medicine into the patient's body;
- solution for insertion.This form of medication involves injecting drugs into the male urethra;
- solution for micro enemas.With the help of micro enemas, both drug treatment of prostatitis and therapy with folk remedies can be carried out;
- tablet.This type of medicine most often has antibiotics that are used to treat the prostate gland.
Groups of drugs prescribed for inflammation of the gland
In the treatment of inflammation of the prostate gland in men, several groups of drugs are used.For the bacterial form of the disease, antibiotics are the mainstay of therapy.Most often, antibacterial drugs in tablets are prescribed for acute or chronic inflammation of the male gland;they should be taken for about a month.
If complications occur, the disease is treated with antibiotics in the form of an injection solution.If specialists have not identified a specific group of causative agents of the disease, combined antimicrobial therapy is used.
Those antibiotic drugs belonging to the group have a negative effect on prostatitis:
- Tetracyclines.
- Fluoroquinols.
- Penicillin.
- Macrolides.
- Cephalosporins.
If the disease has a manifestation such as pain, sedatives are prescribed.
For prostatitis, these drugs should be taken only as prescribed by the doctor;uncontrolled use of analgesics is fraught with side effects and complications.
It is believed that among pain relievers, drugs with the active substance ibuprofen are more effective for inflammation of the male prostate organ.
For chronic bacterial inflammation of the prostate organ, alpha-blockers are prescribed.These drugs have a relaxing effect on the muscles and bladder neck.This effect helps to reduce the pain that occurs during urination.
If signs such as pain in the perineal area are observed during the inflammatory process, medications from the group of muscle relaxants that reduce muscle tone in the hip area are prescribed.
Also, substances containing the hormone testosterone are used to treat the disease.In diseases of the male organ, the level of this substance in the body decreases.The result of hormonal imbalance is the proliferation of prostate tissue.Medications that contain hormones help reduce inflammation and stabilize hormone levels.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to relieve swelling, fever, and pain.The most effective medications are in the form of rectal suppositories.
If the disease is viral, antiviral drugs are used.
Adjuvant therapy is provided with drugs that improve blood circulation and agents that increase immune defense.Drugs that promote tissue regeneration are also prescribed.
The most effective drugs for inflammation of the prostate
It is impossible to answer unequivocally how to treat prostatitis in men with medications and other therapeutic procedures.After all, even the best antibiotic will be ineffective in treating a viral disease.
Medicines for the treatment of chronic inflammation of the prostate
Prostatitis is an inflammatory disease of the prostate gland in men.In the absence of therapy in the initial phase (in the acute phase), this process becomes chronic in 80% of cases.At the same time, the course of the disease becomes uneven: long periods of symptom relief are replaced by exacerbations.In the case of chronic prostatitis, the treatment is a much more complex process than the treatment of acute inflammation of the gland and requires an integrated approach, which is based on drugs of several types and groups.
What are medications supposed to fight?
Before choosing a group of drugs that will help cope with the chronic form of prostatitis, it is necessary to remember what this disease is and what processes occur in the gland.
The inflammatory process in 70% of cases is caused by the presence of pathogenic microflora in the prostate tissue.This can be a genitourinary infection (gonorrhea, syphilis and others), or other bacteria and viruses.The remaining 30% is congestion in the gland in men.Lack of oxygen and food, as well as tissue saturation with toxins and waste products (products of the vital activity of prostate cells) can provoke pathology.
The inflammatory process is accompanied by swelling of the gland.As a rule, this is due to the fact that the prostate cannot fully provide the body with hormones and other active substances necessary for normal functioning (compensation phase).In addition, with a chronic disease, pus can form in it, which blocks the channels, as a result of which the production of testosterone and secretions decreases further.
Based on how the disease progresses, what changes have occurred in the prostate gland and how deep they are, the doctor chooses a group of drugs, the list of which includes:
- antimicrobial drugs or simply antibiotics - their prescription is required in case of inflammation of bacterial origin;
- antiviral agents, interferon and gamma globulin - are prescribed for viral origin of prostatitis;
- antifungal agents (antimycotics) - necessary in cases where prostatitis occurs due to the spread of a fungal infection in the gland, as well as when prostatitis is of a bacterial nature, which requires long-term use of antibiotics;
- alpha blockers - prescribed to reduce spasm and pain;
- muscle relaxants - relax the muscle structures of the prostate and pelvic organs, which promotes better nutrition of the tissue of the gland;
- anti-inflammatory drugs - fight disease manifestations, reduce swelling;
- hormonal medications - used to restore hormone levels in men.
The exact list of drugs presented above will be different for each patient.The doctor decides which medications to include and which should not be based on laboratory analysis of a smear from the urethra, prostate secretions, urine and blood taken from men in the diagnostic phase.
Antibiotics for chronic prostatitis
Antibiotics for chronic inflammation of the prostate are prescribed in most cases, even when the bacterial culture does not reveal the presence of microorganisms in the secretion and in a smear from the urethra.
Before prescribing a specific drug, the doctor must determine whether the pathogens will be sensitive to a certain antibiotic.Otherwise, there is a risk of wasting time taking a medicine that is ineffective in a particular case.
Antimicrobial drugs belonging to the group of fluoroquinolones are considered the most effective in the treatment of chronic prostatitis.
Medicines of this type are distinguished by their ability to penetrate deeply and in sufficient concentration in the prostate tissue.To achieve an effect, their use should last 4 weeks or more (depending on the severity of the disease, the selected dose and the sensitivity of the pathogenic microflora to the antibiotic).
Important!Fluoroquinolone antibiotics can have a suppressive effect on sperm.When planning a pregnancy, it is necessary to start trying to conceive a child no earlier than 2 months after the end of their course of treatment.
During treatment with antibiotics, simultaneous use of antifungal drugs is recommended for men.This is due to the fact that drugs with antibacterial activity can also suppress the beneficial microflora, which normally maintains the level of fungi in the body.Thus, a favorable environment for the development of a fungal infection can be created in the body of men, the treatment of which requires taking drugs with a different effect.
Alpha blocker - analgesic and antispasmodic for chronic prostatitis
Spasm and pain are typical symptoms of prostatitis.To reduce spasm and get rid of discomfort, treatment should include taking alpha blockers.They not only relieve the spasm of the muscle tissue of the prostate gland, but also relax the sphincter of the bladder.In addition, such drugs significantly reduce pain during prostatitis in the acute phase.
Drug treatment with these drugs reduces discomfort and pain during urination in men, but they have many side effects and an extensive list of contraindications.That is why they should be taken only as prescribed by a specialist.In addition, these drugs are effective only for non-bacterial etiology of prostatitis.If the inflammation of the gland is due to infection, experts tend to choose other medications to treat the pain and spasm.
Hormonal medications for prostatitis
The main reason why hormonal treatment can be prescribed for chronic prostatitis is the excessive growth of the prostate gland in men.Typically, this situation requires a decrease in testosterone levels.The result of the therapy is the reduction of the size of the prostate, the normalization of hormonal levels and the reduction of the symptomatic manifestations of the disease.
Hormonal treatment is carried out exclusively as prescribed by a doctor and only under his supervision.It requires constant monitoring of hormonal levels, which helps prevent numerous negative effects of drugs on the functions of internal organs in men.
Antiviral drugs for prostatitis
If the cause of prostatitis is viruses, treatment is carried out using appropriate medications.
In addition, for men, drugs with an anti-inflammatory effect from the NSAID group are prescribed.
Both antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed in the form of tablets, but a more pronounced and rapid effect, according to urologists, is achieved when using drugs in the form of suppositories.
This treatment is supplemented by taking immunomodulators.They help men produce more of their own antibodies in their bodies, which actively resist infections due to prostatitis.As a result, treatment takes less time.