[How to help a patient with abacterial prostatitis?]

Introduction: Despite all the achievements of modern medicine, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) remains a difficult disorder to treat. Patients are often dissatisfied with the treatment outcomes, since the main symptoms, namely pain and urination disorders, usually decrease, but do not completely resolve.

Aim: To study the efficiency of the combined drug Prostatex Plus in the treatment of patients with CPPS (IIIb).

Material and methods: A total of 60 patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis of category IIIb with a severe pain were included in the study. The main group included 37 patients, who received one suppository Prostatex Plus per rectum at night for 20 days. In the control group (n=23), patients received non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and vitamins. The examination was performed at baseline, on the 20th day (upon completion of the Prostatex Plus therapy) to assess the immediate effect and 30 days after completion of cytokine therapy to assess the long-term results.

Results: The average age of patients was 48.3+/-3.7 years. The duration of the disease ranged from 2 to 16 years, averaging 9.7+/-3.2 years. The leading symptom was pain in 100% of patients, the pain intensity was higher than 8 points. For all the assessed parameters, more significant positive results were obtained in the Prostatex Plus group, the effect of the treatment lasted for a month.

Conclusion: The combined use of tamsulosin and organ-specific regulatory in patients with CP/CPPS with severe pain syndrome led to a stable effect. A significant decrease in pain intensity and the total score on the CP symptom scale was seen, as well as an improvement in local microcirculation, sexual function, an increase in the maximum and average urine flow rate compared to the control group. Satisfactory treatment outcomes led to an improvement in the quality of life.