Patient: Hello Dr. Luo, I heard that you are an expert in this field. I was tested at the beginning of the year for chronic prostatitis and took important things like three gold tablets and got better. The most recent period of recurrence, a change of doctor, continuous taking a month of Western medicine, all anti-bacterial anti-inflammatory, such as clarithromycin, etc.. I used to hear that these drugs can cause a lot of damage to the body if taken for a long time, is that right? The actual fact is that there are a lot of controversies in the treatment of prostatitis, and there are many kinds of treatment methods, and there are a lot of drugs available, both Chinese and Western. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. Therefore, it is dangerous to simply think that Chinese medicine has no toxic side effects. In fact, the principle of healing should be to strike a balance between better efficacy and lower toxic side effects. Simply favoring one or the other is detrimental to the patient. The application of antimicrobial agents is a very specialized and complex issue, which needs to be treated differently according to different types of diseases and conditions. It is not possible to make a generalization. Prostatitis is a chronic disease, due to the anatomical characteristics of the drug does not easily reach the gland. If the use of certain antimicrobials is effective, the duration of use can be four to six weeks, which can be extended as appropriate if the condition requires. Obviously, this is a much longer course of treatment than a typical urinary tract infection or upper respiratory tract infection. Of course, if there is no effect, neither herbal nor western medicine should be used for too long.