Often, doctors at the initial stage prescribe treatment for prostatitis with medicines, when an inflammatory process in the prostate gland in men is diagnosed. In fact, the therapy is quite laborious and time consuming. The prescribing of drugs is exclusively carried out by a specialist based on the existing symptoms and diagnostic indicators.
How to understand that the prostate is inflamed?
Inflammation of the prostate gland develops rapidly and you can understand about the disease when unpleasant symptoms appear:
- decreased sex drive;
- rapid onset of ejaculation;
- a constant feeling of fullness in the bladder;
- and the appearance of discomfort during bowel movements, painful sensations in the perineum;
- the onset of uncontrolled sluggish erection;
- discharge of urine in a thin intermittent stream;
- constant fatigue for no reason;
- an increase in temperature up to 41 degrees with the attachment of bacteria.
It is important to identify the form of the disease, provoking factors before starting treatment. For example, in case of stagnation and damage by harmful bacteria, treatment is primarily with antibiotics in order to suppress the harmful microflora. The main thing for prostatitis is to choose the most effective drugs.
Medicines, release forms
Drug treatment of prostatitis involves many drugs with different forms of release. But it is important to understand that one or another form is prescribed taking into account the stage, form, types of development of the disease, existing symptoms and contraindications for use.
Among all the known groups of drugs are used:
- solutions for setting microclysters to suppress the inflammatory process;
- tablets, in particular antibiotics, as a form of drugs in the treatment of inflammation of the prostate gland;
- rectal suppositories with direct action on the affected lesions;
- injections in injections, as a fast-acting form of medication to suppress the inflammatory process in prostatitis.
Many men complain of mental and nervous system disorders that require recovery. It is prostatitis that comes for the stronger sex as a blow below the waist, while the erection is sharply deteriorating and potency is greatly reduced. Men begin to be in a stressful state, problems appear in the personal sphere.
Tranquilizers or antihistamines will come to the rescue to relieve puffiness and inflammation, although doses and treatment courses should not be neglected in order to avoid side effects and a sharp deterioration in the situation. In addition, many are interested in how to treat prostatitis in men with medication and what is better to take: pills or suppositories? The introduction of suppositories involves a close location with the prostate gland. However, suppositories are safer, do not affect the stomach, dissolve quickly in the rectum and are redirected through the bloodstream to the site of injury. Effectiveness comes after 20 minutes.
If you no longer have the strength to endure the pain, then you can eliminate the problem with pills, although the funds enter the stomach, and splitting occurs in the liver, when many useful substances have already lost their effect. The tablets act much later, after 40-45 minutes. Therefore, it is best to choose rectal suppositories for the treatment and prevention of prostatitis, prostate adenoma.
Prescribed drugs
It is important to direct drug treatment to suppress the source of the inflammatory focus.
The drugs are prescribed exclusively by a specialist, taking into account the characteristics of the course of the inflammatory process, the type of disease, the degree and stage of development of prostatitis:
- Antibiotics are prescribed when pathogenic bacteria are detected, an acute course of the disease with a course of therapy of 6 weeks - 2 months.
- Macrolides in the chronic course of the disease.
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with direct action on the source of inflammation.
- Decongestants, pain relief drugs for excessive swelling of the prostate, painful urination.
- Hormonal agents with a decrease in erectile function in order to restore and normalize the endocrine system.
- Adrenergic blockers for problems with urination to normalize the outflow of urine, relieve inflammation and pain during urination.
- Rectal suppositories with the aim of acting directly on the inflammatory source to suppress negative processes. These are the safest drugs that cannot reduce the functions of the liver and kidneys, but they do an excellent job of dealing with harmful microbes. Suppositories are an excellent addition to antibiotics in case of weakened immunity to suppress harmful microflora, when strong antibiotics also kill beneficial flora in the body. Suppositories are considered safer and more effective.
- Immunomodulators for enhancing local immunity.
- Muscle relaxants to suppress pain, normalize blood flow in the prostate gland, drain outflow in full.
- Pain relievers for cuts at the urine outlet, severe pains with a form of release in injections, tablets.
- Sedatives to restore the nervous system, relieve overexcitation, calm down. In many men, prostatitis clearly affects the psyche and does not affect the nervous system in the best way.
- Tranquilizers for pronounced mental disorders in order to increase potency, normalize blood circulation and urinary process.
- Decongestant antihistamines to relieve swelling of prostate tissue.
On a note! Some tranquilizers are addictive, so it is not recommended to violate the dosage and duration of administration. According to doctors, it is better to use a liquid form of drugs with a quick effect on the source of pain. Suppositories can be used in the form of enemas, when the ingestion of the composition into the urethra quickly suppresses pain.
Only the complex treatment will become more effective, and the recovery will be faster. In addition, the behavior of a course of physiotherapy and taking folk remedies using at home will not be superfluous. It should be understood that if you do not start treatment with medicines on time, the disease will quickly turn into a chronic stage. In the absence of an erection in the morning, clear signs of a violation of potency, pain in the lower abdomen, you should immediately contact a urologist. Without knowledge, you should not prescribe independently drug treatment of prostatitis with unknown drugs, resort to lethal doses in an attempt to recover faster. So relief will not come, but other health problems and serious complications will appear.
Important! Improper treatment can lead to serious consequences: adenoma, prostate cancer, the transition of the disease into a chronic form
Which is more appropriate: anti-inflammatory or antibiotic drugs?
- If prostatitis with an acute course is detected, then antibiotics from the group of fluoroquinolones are recommended for use.
- If prostatitis has taken a chronic course, then it is more advisable to take macrolides or tetracycline antibiotics.
- If non-bacterial prostatitis is detected, then antibiotic treatment may simply become ineffective. It is best to take anti-inflammatory drugs from the NSAID group.
Attention! When taking NSAID drugs, it is recommended to do short-term courses, leaving a gap of 1 week between them
Which is better: suppositories or pain pills?
Rectal suppositories do not interact with the digestive system, liver and kidneys, therefore, they are considered safer and are applicable in order to adjust the treatment of prostatitis, relieve inflammation, pain and swelling, and normalize urination.
It is advisable to use pain pills in case of severe pain, although analgesics with uncontrolled use can cause side effects and complications.
If there is pain in the perineal region, then it is more advisable to take muscle relaxants to reduce muscle tone in the groin. Non-steroids, which are best used in rectal suppositories, will help relieve swelling and pain. The best medicines are natural herbal products based on medicinal herbs.
It is important to understand that if the inflammation of the prostate gland is caused by bacteria, then it is better to treat with antibiotics, but neglect the dose and time frame of treatment. To cure prostatitis, to forget about the inflammatory process and congestion forever, it means to strictly follow all the recommendations of specialists, to use the drugs in a timely manner and as directed.