To eliminate inflammatory changes in the tissues of the prostate gland, the urologist often prescribes certain drugs for the treatment of prostatitis.
Do not assume that one modern pharmaceutical agent will help every man suffering from ailment to cope with the disease.
The choice of medication depends on many factors and in order to quickly recover and prevent the transition of acute prostatitis into a chronic form, it is necessary to select all therapy after a thorough examination.
What pharmaceuticals are used in the treatment of prostatitis
For the treatment of acute prostatitis, pharmaceuticals are always needed. Without their use, it is impossible to achieve a complete cessation of inflammation and restoration of the functioning 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.
Therefore, if you stop taking medications, then this will become the main reason for the transition of inflammation of the prostate gland 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 remedies and folk remedies.
The doctor should take into account the detection of certain microflora in the smear, clinical signs and patient complaints, data obtained during instrumental examination of the prostate.
Based on this, 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 in the stage of acute inflammation and these are most often antibiotics.
Medicines in injections allow you to quickly achieve the desired therapeutic effect, but injections for prostatitis are given in a hospital setting.
For severe pain, anesthetic injections can also be used.
Pills
For the treatment of prostatitis, they can be used for a long time. Tableted drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antispasmodics, muscle relaxants.
In case of prostatitis, it is also important to use drugs that improve metabolism.
Recently, bioregulatory peptides are often prescribed to improve the regeneration of prostate cells.
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 provides the earliest disposal of the bacterial flora and allows faster recovery of the inflamed mucous layer.
Candles
Another dosage form for the treatment of 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 gland.
What dosage forms to use for the treatment of a particular patient can only be decided by a doctor.
Some sick men cannot do without injections, others can be cured with the use of pills. The choice of the method of therapy 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 regimen for his patient, the urologist takes into account all possible contraindications and the sensitivity of the detected pathogens to drugs.
Since acute prostatitis in most cases is still a bacterial infection, then treatment accordingly begins with the use of antibacterial medications.
But it is not limited to this, the doctor additionally selects other medicines that help improve blood circulation, relieve spasms and help cells.
That is, all treatment consists of using several drugs at once with a different mechanism of action.
Medicines for bacterial prostatitis
If it is determined that the prostatitis is caused by bacteria, then antibiotics should be prescribed.
First of all, they choose drugs with a wide spectrum of action, that is, those that can be destroyed at once by several types of microbes.
- Cephalosporins are most often given by injection. Medications are given intramuscularly or intravenously for at least 10 days;
- Penicillins are used in the form of tablets with a specially selected dosage;
- Fluoroquinols are used if there is an intolerance to antibiotics of other groups. The drug can be used for two weeks.
Treatment for acute prostatitis
In case of prostatitis in the acute stage of the disease, in addition to antibacterial drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antispasmodics are needed.
Under their influence, inflammation decreases faster and pain disappears with discomfort.
- Antispasmodics are available in both injections and tablets. In a hospital setting, they are administered intramuscularly for pain;
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can also be used in injections and tablets. If a man additionally has stomach diseases, then it is best to use injectable drugs, since this group of drugs negatively affects the mucous layer of the organ. Most often, injections or suppositories are currently used.
Viral prostatitis treatment
Viral prostatitis is rare. In addition to the influence of the virus in the development of the disease, a certain role is played in this case by the reduced immunity of the man.
Among the causative agents of this form of the disease are herpes simplex virus, influenza virus, human papillomavirus infection.
In addition to anti-inflammatory and microcirculation-improving agents, the doctor prescribes antiviral drugs for the treatment of viral prostatitis.
You also need funds that increase immunity.
Medicines that relieve muscle spasms
Muscle relaxants in the treatment of prostatitis are necessary to reduce the tone of tense muscles. This reduces pain and makes it easier to urinate.
Medicines that improve blood circulation
With any prostatitis, circulatory disorders are always detected, which leads to stagnation and does not allow the tissues of the organ to recover.
Therefore, in the complex treatment, it is necessary to use medicines that improve blood circulation.
To normalize the filling of blood vessels, a preparation with horse chestnut fruit extract is used.
Other groups of drugs
As already mentioned, the selection of treatment by a doctor is carried out on the basis of many data revealed during the examination. And therefore, the treatment regimen for one patient with prostatitis may differ significantly from the treatment regimen for another patient.
In case of prostatitis, immunomodulators are often additionally prescribed, under the influence of which the work of the immune system is improved faster.
In the chronic stage of the disease, an injection drug is often used, which strengthens blood vessels, improves cell regeneration and has a positive effect on urination.
In the treatment of prostatitis, this medication 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.
Summing up
Treatment for prostatitis should not be an independent choice. You can't just go to the pharmacy and choose drugs to restore prostate function.
This approach leads to the transition of acute to chronic prostatitis and is one of the causes of sexual dysfunction in the future.
An examination by a doctor will allow you to accurately identify the cause of the disease and eliminate it with the help of a specific group of medicines.
In the process of drug therapy, the urologist constantly monitors the changes that occur and therefore can adjust the medication intake, seeking to improve the effectiveness of treatment.
Every man should remember that the appearance of pain and discomfort when urinating and just at rest is a sufficient reason to go to the hospital.
Timely treatment of prostatitis with drugs and drugs will completely free the patient from many troubles in the future.