Ciprofloxacin: Is It the Answer to Prostatitis?

Prostatitis is an inflammation-related prostate disease as well as a prevalent male urologic condition. As a typical disease, there are many therapy for prostatitis, the most frequent being antibiotic remedy. How effective is ciprofloxacin as an antibiotic for prostatitis?

Ciprofloxacin is a synthetic third-generation quinolone antimicrobial which behaves as a bactericide by inhibiting bacterial DNA synthesis. It comes with a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, including various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria which could be effectively killed by it. For that reason, it is usually used clinically to treat infections caused by these susceptible bacteria in various parts of the body, such as genitourinary system infections, including urethritis, prostatitis, cervicitis, and respiratory system infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia. It also includes infections of the gastrointestinal tract, such as enteritis and dysentery. It can also be used to cure systemic infections, such as bone and joint infections, soft tissue skin infections, and bloodstream infections.

As a result, ciprofloxacin can treat prostatitis. Ciprofloxacin has good bactericidal effect, and its antibacterial activity against almost all bacteria is 2-4 times stronger than that of enrofloxacin and norfloxacin, and it has antibacterial effect against Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, Gonococcus, Streptococcus, Legionella, and Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, it has a high concentration in the genitourinary tract, therefore it is more efficient in treating prostatitis, and the symptoms will be significantly relieved in general patients after 1-2 weeks of treatment.

Nevertheless, ciprofloxacin fails to treat all sorts of prostatitis. Prostatitis is normally classified into acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, and asymptomatic prostatitis. In the case of bacterial prostatitis, ciprofloxacin can be used to treat the condition and has a good effect. This drug is available in oral and intravenous dosage forms. The oral dosage form can be selected when the patient does not have a fever, and the intravenous dosage form can be selected if along with a fever.

If the chronic congestion of the prostate due to long-term unclean sex, masturbation, sedentary habit, and other reasons causes non-bacterial prostatitis, this situation in the prostate fluid bacterial culture can not be found in the causative organisms, so it is unachievable to use ciprofloxacin.

Additionally, patients can not still take advantage of broad-spectrum antimicrobials, which may lead to fungal infections or drug resistance. Ciprofloxacin has side effects for treating prostatitis. It is generally recommended to quit the medicine after a couple weeks, and after 3-5 days of halting the medication, review the prostate fluid to observe the condition of leukocytes and lecithin microsomes in the prostate fluid, and then formulate the next step of the plan for treatment. In addition to ciprofloxacin, patients can choose other broad-spectrum antimicrobials, such as macrolides and cephalosporins. These three types of drugs can be used alternately or in combination, which can avoid the emergence of drug resistance.

For chronic prostatitis, there is a lot of experience in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, such as Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill. It adopts a variety of herbs that will not only produce no drug resistance and other side effects but also be able to comprehensively regulate the patient's genitourinary system to eliminate the inflammation of the root effect of the cure.

To sum up, ciprofloxacin is more effective in treating bacterial prostatitis, and male patients can take this medicine for antibacterial therapy under a doctor's advice. With regards to other types of prostatitis, such as chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, they can consider traditional Chinese medicine. Regardless of the type of prostatitis in daily life, patients should pick the best prescription medication in accordance with their own condition under the guidance of your physician and not blindly utilize the medicine so as never to cause side effects on our bodies.

Simultaneously, the patient must also correct bad habits, quit smoking and drinking, not eat spicy and stimulating food, avoid holding urine, and have a sedentary habit, etc., which assists the treatment of prostatitis.