MODERN POSSIBILITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PROSTATITIS

Abstract

This article formulates recommendations for providing assistance to men with chronic prostatitis, taking into account features of etiopathogenesis and clinical picture of this disease. It is substantiated that to increase efficiency treatment should preferably not rely on the traditional classification of prostatitis proposed by the American National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH NIDDK, 1995), and to the more modern classification UPOINT. The indications for prescribing various drugs and non-drug effects have been clarified: antibiotics, alpha blockers, M-anticholinergics, analgesics, antidepressants, herbal medicines, pelvic floor physiotherapy, psychotherapy.