How long does it take for prostatitis to go down?

Prostatitis is generally about two weeks to four weeks to take medication to reduce inflammation, prostatitis can be divided into two kinds of non-bacterial prostatitis and bacterial prostatitis, due to each patient’s prostatitis type is different, the use of different medication, the specific time of anti-inflammatory will also be different. 1. Non-bacterial prostatitis: patients will have symptoms such as urinary urgency, urinary pain, and increased nocturia, and can be treated with oral doxazosin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin. Generally two weeks have a therapeutic response, usually need to take about four weeks to completely anti-inflammatory. 2. Bacterial prostatitis: patients will have frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, difficulty urinating, fever, weakness and other symptoms. Oral amoxicillin, levofloxacin, cefoperazone and other antibiotic medication, if necessary, with oral tamsulosin, aspirin and other drugs, active treatment, usually about two weeks to be able to anti-inflammatory. It is recommended that patients seek medical attention in a timely manner, the drugs need to be used in strict compliance with the doctor’s instructions, and can not stop taking the drugs on their own, in order to avoid delaying the condition and causing danger.