Prostatitis is an extremely common inflammatory disease of the genitourinary system in men. The essence of this pathology is an infectious or abacterial inflammation of the prostate gland. Most often, this disease is diagnosed in males between the ages of 25 and 50. Without medical treatment, it can cause erectile dysfunction, infertility, and so on. In this article, we will look at the best drugs for prostatitis.
General principles for the treatment of prostatitis
To begin with, we note that it is unacceptable to self-medicate inflammation of the prostate gland. Any medicine should only be used as prescribed by a doctor.
With the bacterial nature of the inflammatory process, antibacterial drugs are used, selected based on the sensitivity of the pathogen. The dosage and duration of antibiotics are also selected individually.
In addition, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, herbal preparations that block inflammation and improve metabolic processes in the prostate, can be used.
If there are complaints of difficulty urinating, alpha-blockers that restore urodynamics are indicated.
Various non-pharmacological methods are also of great importance. First of all, this includes prostate massage, carried out in a chronic inflammatory process. In addition, the treatment plan is actively supplemented by a variety of physiotherapy procedures, such as laser therapy, electrical stimulation, and so on.
Effective drugs
So which drugs have the best effect on prostatitis?
As for antibiotics, fluoroquinolones and macrolides are most often prescribed for inflammation of the prostate, but other groups of antibacterial agents can also be used.
If we talk about herbal preparations, then you can use a remedy based on an extract of the fruits of a creeping palm. It has anti-inflammatory, anti-androgenic, anti-exudative action. This drug is actively prescribed not only for chronic prostatitis, but also for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Another herbal preparation is a combined remedy, which includes Canadian goldenrod grass, licorice roots, St. John's wort perforated herb, purple echinacea root rhizomes. This drug improves microcirculation in the tissues of the prostate, is active against certain bacteria and reduces the severity of inflammation.
Another effective remedy for prostatitis are suppositories, the active ingredient of which is biomass obtained from insect larvae of the gypsy moth species. In 2020, scientists from Kuban State Medical University conducted a study whose results prove the feasibility of using this drug in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis.
In the group of alpha-adrenergic blockers, a drug is often used that helps to relax the smooth muscle fibers of the bladder neck and prostate, which leads to an improvement in the outflow of urine.