Antibiotics and α-Blockers for Chronic Prostatitis: Evidence From Recent Randomized Placebo-Controlled Studies

[摘要] Antibiotics and α-blockers are the 2 most common treatments employed by urologists for patients presenting with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), regardless of culture results and/or evidence of obstructive voiding. These medications are used because antibiotics are the primary therapy for the much rarer chronic bacterial prostatitis (associated with recurrent urinary tract infections and/or bacteriuria) and α-blockers are the primary therapy for the lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (which may be very similar to those experienced by men with CP/CPPS). Anecdotal experience and small studies in the older urologic literature propagated this medical strategy for CP/CPPS.

[学科分类] 基础医学