Pharmacotherapy strategies in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome management

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1255-1261

  Murphy, Adam B ^a   Nadler, Robert B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; NIH CPSI; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; CERNITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FINASTERIDE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLACEBO; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUERCETIN; ROFECOXIB; SABAL EXTRACT; STEROID; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EJACULATORY DUCT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SABAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 77952167572     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656561003709748     Document Type: Review

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