Prostatitis has become a common disease not only among men over 50 years old, but also among young people.One reason is self-medication: using inappropriate prostatitis medications does not eliminate the disease, it only weakens the symptoms.The choice of drug should be determined by the type of disease and the nature of its course.
How to choose drugs to treat prostatitis?
Comprehensive treatment of prostatitis includes drugs from several pharmacological groups.
| Medication by group
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pharmacodynamics | Types and forms of prostatitis |
| NSAIDs | Relieves inflammation, pain and muscle spasms and normalizes urination
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Individual doses for all types and forms of disease |
| Muscle relaxants and antispasmodics | ||
| Complex preparations based on medicinal plants and dietary supplements
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Improve prostate blood circulation, eliminate congestion, and relieve inflammation
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| biological regulatory peptides | ||
| immunomodulator | Enhance immunity
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| Alpha-blockers and 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors
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Reduction in prostate volume and normalization of urine outflow during poor urination
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Prevention and treatment of various forms of prostatitis and prostate adenomas (benign tumors) |
| phosphodiesterase inhibitor | Promote bladder emptying, stimulate prostate, and restore erectile function
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chronic prostatitis, weakened potency |
| painkillers | elimination of pain symptoms
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for acute prostatitis |
| antibiotic | Destroy bacteria | infectious bacterial prostatitis
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| hormones | restoration of hormonal levels and gland performance | advanced chronic disease |
| antiviral drugs | destruction of viruses and suppression of their ability to reproduce. Eliminate prostate swelling and pain, reduce temperature | infectious viral prostatitis |
List of the most effective drugs for prostatitis
Treatment of prostate diseases is carried out by medical specialists: andrologist or urologist. Medicines are prescribed based on the results of examination, laboratory tests and ultrasound examination of the prostate.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Medicines that stop the development of inflammation. Do not use for chronic pathologies of the heart, kidneys, liver, stomach and duodenal ulcers.
Important!Taking NSAIDs may cause gastrointestinal side effects.
Antibacterial therapy for infectious prostatitis
To eliminate the infection, antibiotics of the cephalosporin group, semisynthetic penicillins, fluoroquinolones and macrolides are used.
| Post form | tablets and powders for the preparation of injection solution | injection | Capsules, tablets | |
| antibiotic group | Fluoroquinolones | Penicillins | Cephalosporins | macrolides |
| No Apply |
renal decompensation | Infectious mononucleosis, lymphocytic leukemia | Chronic kidney and liver disease in the decompensated phase | |
| Application method | Tablets - 1000 mg/day divided into two doses, Administer 200 to 800 mg once by infusion |
250-500 mg 3 times daily | 1-2 g/day, with a single injection of a medicinal solution with lidocaine 1% | 250–500 mg twice daily |
Alpha Blockers and 5α Reductase Inhibitors
Alpha-blockers have hypotonic effects; monitor blood pressure during treatment.
| active ingredients | Tamsulosin hydrochloride | Dutasteride | Tamsulosin dibutyl sebacate | |
| Post form | capsule | tablet
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capsule | capsule |
| dose | 1 dose daily, 0.4 mg | 1 time/day 1 capsule | 1 dose, 1 capsule daily | 0.4 mg once daily |
| action | reduces the tone of the smooth muscles of the urethra and prostate gland, improves the outflow of urine and metabolism in the muscles of the bladder, helps eliminate stagnation of prostate secretions
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| Contraindications | individual allergic reaction, orthostatic hypotension, liver failure
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The duration of treatment with alpha-blockers and 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors is determined individually.
biological regulatory peptides
Medicines can quickly get rid of severe signs of prostatitis and restore disrupted processes in the prostate gland.
There are no contraindications other than individual allergies. Biomodulatory peptides are available at pharmacies without a prescription.
muscle relaxants
Muscle relaxants prevent the destruction of prostate cell membranes, relieve pain by inhibiting the conduction of nerve impulses, and increase blood flow.Initial dose is 50 mg, may be increased to 150 mg.
Not prescribed for myasthenia gravis. Relevant (relative) contraindications are kidney and liver problems, epilepsy.
Not recommended for chronic lesions of the liver, kidneys, myasthenia gravis, and epileptic seizures.
phosphodiesterase inhibitor
The use of potency stimulants requires caution. Medical advice required.
Antiviral drugs and immunomodulators
All drugs with antiviral effects have many side effects.Contraindications include: hypersensitivity to ingredients.
Prostatitis is an inflammatory disease of the male's unpaired exocrine gland, the prostate.The quality of this organ's work determines a man's reproductive health, sexual performance, and psycho-emotional state.Medication for prostatitis is chosen based on the cause and form of the disease.Incorrect or untimely treatment threatens the development of erectile dysfunction and prostate adenomas.