I feel, know your pain. Prostatitis is tough to treat due it being difficult to get the antibiotics
directly to the gland. Or so I was told.
I too have had prostatitis. May many times. More times than I can count. Had my first bout
when I was in my 20’s, long time ago. Saw a urologist. Forgotten what he prescribed (flagyl?)
and it went away. Prior to that I had several bouts of non-specific- urethritis (NSU) which, I think,
set the stage for endless bouts of prostatitis.
Got prostatitis again in my 30’s and was treated successfully (don’t remember what I took)
and I went away again, with my doctor noting that it will never fully go away, will ‘smolder’ in
the gland. (Thanks doc
)
Had my worst prostatitis when I was 39. Just terrible pain, frequent urination, all the symptoms
but magnified. Was treated with multiple antibiotics until it finally went away with ciprofloxacin.
Was never cultured (I asked) but don’t remember the doctors response . . . something to the
effect it would be meaningless. At least that was my recollection, could be wrong.
From then on, until about 5 years ago (I am 62 now) I got prostatitis about four times a year.
Tried every drug on the books but finally hit on ciprofloxacin, which resolved it. The ciprofloxacin
worked for the longest time but started raising havoc on my elbow tendons. In all honesty, my
tendon issues could have been exasperated by my weight training or caused by my usage of
ciprofloxacin. Don’t really know but we switched to levofloxin which is my drug of choice now,
works best, and works better when taken for a minimum of 3 to four weeks. The longer duration
of that drug really helped. Kudos to my urologist.
Another thing that I believe helped was the addition of some daily probiotics. My MD – GP suggested
that, and that helped with the frequency of flare-ups, that I suspect along with the longer duration
of the meds has really helped. I get a flare-up now, maybe, once a year, and usually, directly, following
a cold or flu which lowers my immune system and allows the prostatitis to ‘sneak’ back it. My
opinion.
I am okay as I can be with the way things are now. Very manageable now as far as frequency and
severity. But I believe it is still lingering, fully unresolved until, again, my immune system is taxed
then it rears its ugly head . . .
I am unaware of the any effects ‘steroids’ may have on this nasty bug. I use and have only used
Test C (TRT doses) so I can’t really comment on the effects of other compounds.
I hope this info helps. And I hope you can get this under control.