Chinese Herbal Medicine for Chronic Prostatitis Gets WHO OK
Prostatitis

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Chronic Prostatitis Gets WHO OK

For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has given its approval for the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine by including the remedies in its latest (11th) version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). By making that move, it has opened the door for countless numbers of conditions…

How Does An Unhealthy Lifestyle Cause Prostatitis?
Prostatitis

How Does An Unhealthy Lifestyle Cause Prostatitis?

Certain aspects of your lifestyle really factor into your overall health and your risk of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). The choices you make, the foods you eat, the activities you do, and even your relationships and sexual habits can affect your prostate health and inflammation. Positive lifestyle factors include eating a healthful diet,…

Avelox for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings
Prostatitis

Avelox for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings

Avelox (A-ve-loks) Avelox (moxifloxacin [MOX i FLOX a sin]) for prostatitis is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that treats bacterial infections. It belongs in the drug class called quinolone antibiotics. Avelox Warnings Avelox for prostatitis and other fluoroquinolones contain a black box warning such as the following: WARNING: Fluoroquinolones, including AVELOX, are associated with an increased risk…

How to Determine the Best Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis
Prostatitis

How to Determine the Best Treatment for Chronic Prostatitis

Recognizing that chronic prostatitis is a complex condition that certainly involves more than just the prostate, researchers have been trying to come up with more useful and accurate ways to categorize different patients. By dividing patients into smaller groups, known as phenotypes, we hope to learn more about the underlying issues of the condition and…

Pamelor for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings
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Pamelor for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings

Pamelor (peh-ME-lor) Pamelor (Nortriptyline HCl [nor-TRIP-ti-leen]) is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression and various types of pain. It may be used to treat urinary or genital pain associated with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) if other treatments have not worked. Pamelor Warnings Anti-depressives such as Pamelor contain a black box warning such…

Levaquin for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings
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Levaquin for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings

Levaquin (LEV-ə-kwən) Levaquin (levofloxacin) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that can be used for the treatment of acute bacterial or chronic bacterial prostatitis. FDA Black Box Warnings: Levaquin Levaquin and other fluoroquinolones contain a black box warning such as the following: WARNING: Fluoroquinolones, including LEVAQUIN, are associated with an increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture…

Bee Pollen Extract Helps Treat Chronic Prostatitis
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Bee Pollen Extract Helps Treat Chronic Prostatitis

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), the most common of the four types of prostatitis, requires long-term treatment, yet currently available treatment options are not always effective. Pollen extract has shown some benefits while being associated with few side effects. According to a new report in Urologic Clinics of North America, previous preclinical studies of…

Rapaflo for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings
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Rapaflo for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings

Rapaflo (RAP-a-flow) Rapaflo (silodosin [SYE-loh-DOE-sin]) is an alpha blocker primarily used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called an enlarged prostate. This medication relaxes prostate and bladder-related muscles to improve urination, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and relieve pain making it helpful for some prostatitis patients. Rapaflo Warnings Rapaflo may cause low blood pressure. Tell…

Cipro for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings
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Cipro for Prostatitis – Side Effects and Warnings

Cipro (SIP-row) Cipro (ciprofloxacin [sip row FLOX a sin]) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic treatment that you can take for acute bacterial or chronic bacterial prostatitis. Cipro Warnings Cipro and other fluoroquinolones contain a black box warning such as the following: WARNING: Fluoroquinolones, including CIPRO, are associated with an increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture…

Trigger Point Release for Treatment of Prostatitis
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Trigger Point Release for Treatment of Prostatitis

Myofascial trigger point release therapy, also sometimes referred to simply as myofascial release, is a hands-on technique that involves applying sustained pressure into the myofascial connective tissue to eliminate pain and restore function and motion in affected areas. Some men with prostatitis have specific tender points in their muscles which, when pressed, cause a twitching…

Surgery for Chronic Prostatitis
Prostatitis

Surgery for Chronic Prostatitis

Six men with severely symptomatic, treatment-resistant chronic prostatitis achieved resolution of their disease after undergoing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, according to results of an ongoing, prospective Phase II clinical trial. The results were published in the April 2011 issue of UroToday International Journal. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which surgeons need…