To get rid of inflammatory changes in the tissues of the prostate, the urologist often prescribes certain drugs for the treatment of prostatitis.
Do not assume that a modern medicine will help every sick man cope with the disease.
The choice of medication depends on many factors. In order to recover quickly and prevent the transition of acute prostatitis into a chronic form, it is necessary to select all therapy after a thorough examination.
What drugs are used in the treatment of prostatitis?
Medicines are always needed to treat acute prostatitis. Without their use, it is impossible to achieve a complete cessation of inflammation and restoration of the function of the prostate.
The man must go through the entire course of therapy to the end, the disappearance of symptoms does not indicate a complete cure.
If you stop taking medication, it will become the main reason for the transition of inflammation of the prostate to the recurrent, that is, chronic stage.
Medicines are selected on the basis of the data obtained during the examination and can be prescribed in complex therapy with herbal and folk remedies.
The doctor should take into account the detection of a certain microflora in the smear, clinical signs and complaints of the patient, data obtained during the instrumental examination of the prostate.
On this basis, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and restorative treatment is selected.
Depending on the course of the disease, all selected drugs are prescribed in the form of injections, tablets. Instillations are sometimes used.
Injectable drugs
Basically, they are prescribed by a urologist at the stage of acute inflammation, and most often they are antibiotics.
With injection drugs, you can quickly achieve the desired therapeutic effect. However, injections for prostatitis are done in a hospital.
Anesthetic syringes can also be used if the pain is severe.
Pills
For the treatment of prostatitis, they can be used for a long time. Tableted drugs include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anticonvulsants, and muscle relaxants.
With prostatitis, it is also important to use drugs that improve metabolism.
Recently, bioregulatory peptides have been widely prescribed to improve prostate cell regeneration.
Instillations
This is the introduction into the urethra of a medicinal solution with a specific mechanism of action.
The introduction of the drug into the urethra allows the earliest possible elimination of the bacterial flora and allows for a faster restoration of the inflamed mucous layer.
Candles
Another dosage form used to treat prostatitis. Candles for prostatitis are used as pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs.
You can also replace suppositories with microclysters with drugs, the action of which is aimed at improving microcirculation in the tissues of the prostate.
Only a doctor can decide which dosage forms should be used for the treatment of a particular patient.
Some sick men cannot do without injections, others can be cured with pills. The choice of therapy method depends on the stage of the disease.
In the chronic stage, tablets are mainly used, but they often have to be drunk for a long time.
The most popular and widely used drugs for prostatitis
When choosing a therapy plan for his patient, the urologist takes into account all possible contraindications and the sensitivity of the detected pathogens to drugs.
Since acute prostatitis is still a bacterial infection in most cases, treatment accordingly begins with the use of antibacterial drugs.
But it's not limited to that, the doctor also chooses other drugs that help improve blood flow, relieve cramps, and help cells.
That is, each treatment consists of the simultaneous use of several drugs with a different mechanism of action.
Drugs for bacterial prostatitis
If the prostatitis is found to be caused by bacteria, antibiotics should be prescribed.
First of all, they choose drugs with a wide spectrum of action, that is, those that can be destroyed by different types of microbes at the same time.
- Cephalosporins are most commonly given by injection. Drugs are administered intramuscularly or intravenously for at least 10 days;
- Penicillins are used in the form of tablets with a specially selected dosage;
- Fluoroquinols are used when there is an intolerance to antibiotics from other groups. The drug can be used for two weeks.
Treatment of acute prostatitis
In the case of prostatitis in the acute stage of the disease, in addition to antibacterial drugs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anticonvulsants are needed.
Under their influence, inflammation decreases faster, and pain disappears with discomfort.
- Antispasmodics are available in both injections and tablets. In a hospital, they are given intramuscularly for pain.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can also be used in injections and tablets. In addition, if a man has gastric diseases, then it is best to use injectable drugs, as this group of drugs negatively affects the mucous layer of the organ. Injections or suppositories are currently used most often.
Treatment of viral prostatitis
Viral prostatitis is rare. In addition to the influence of the virus on the development of the disease, in this case, decreased human immunity plays a certain role.
The causative agents of this form of the disease include the herpes simplex virus, the influenza virus and the infection with the human papillomavirus.
In addition to anti-inflammatory and microcirculation enhancing agents, the doctor prescribes antiviral drugs to treat viral prostatitis.
You also need funds that increase immunity.
Medications that relieve muscle spasms
Muscle relaxants in the treatment of prostatitis are necessary to reduce the tone of tense muscles. This will relieve pain and make it easier to urinate.
Drugs that improve blood circulation
With any prostatitis, circulatory disorders are always noted, which lead to the appearance of stagnation and do not allow the tissues of the organ to recover.
Therefore, in complex treatments, it is necessary to use drugs that improve blood circulation.
To normalize the filling of the blood vessels, a preparation with horse chestnut fruit extract is used.
Other groups of drugs
As already mentioned, the choice of treatment by a doctor is made on the basis of a lot of data obtained during the examination. Therefore, the treatment regimen for one patient with prostatitis can differ significantly from the treatment regimen for another patient.
In addition, with prostatitis, immunomodulators are often prescribed, under the influence of which the work of the immune system is improved faster.
In the chronic stage of the disease, an injection preparation is often used, which strengthens blood vessels, improves cell regeneration, and has a positive effect on urination.
In the treatment of prostatitis, this drug is used repeatedly in courses of 5-6 injections.
Biological supplements in the form of tablets are popular.
These preparations contain a complex of trace elements that have a positive effect on prostate tissue.
Sum up
Treatment for prostatitis should not be a choice in its own right. You can't just go to the pharmacy and choose drugs to restore prostate function.
This approach leads to the transition from acute to chronic prostatitis and is one of the causes of sexual dysfunction in the future.
A medical examination will allow you to accurately identify the cause of the disease and eliminate it with the help of a certain group of drugs.
During drug therapy, the urologist constantly monitors the changes that occur and can therefore adjust the drug intake to improve the effectiveness of the treatment.
Every man should remember that the appearance of pain and discomfort when urinating and at rest is sufficient reason to go to the hospital.
Timely treatment of prostatitis with drugs and medicines will completely relieve the patient of many problems in the future.