Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

January 2008 in “ International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents ”

J. Curtis Nickel

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Studysummary This review discusses various treatment recommendations for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, noting the need for further trials on herbal therapies and specific indications for surgical intervention, but reports no new clinical results.

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A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Finasteride for Male Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (Category IIIA Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis)

research A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Finasteride for Male Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (Category IIIA Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis)

127 citations , May 2004 in “PubMed”

This randomized pilot study suggests that finasteride may benefit some men with category IIIA chronic pelvic pain syndrome, although it is not recommended as monotherapy unless benign prostatic hyperplasia is also present.

research Effects of Finasteride in Patients with Inflammatory Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Pilot Study

65 citations , March 1999 in “Urology”

This study found that finasteride significantly reduced symptom severity scores in patients with inflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome, though its effect on pain was not significant.