Hello All,
I hope to get some help here. Been suffering from Prostatitis for a year now. I have taken so many medicines with some luck. But the pain and discomfort seems to return.
Today i was just given Levofloxacin along with Vacomycin. I have tried Vaco before and felt great after taken medicine but seem to return.
The reason i was given this medicine was because my Urologist took a DRE sample. He mentioned to me that i could be on this medicine for a while.
Any luck with Levo or Vancomycin?
hope you've checked that it isn't CPPS that is your problem!
Are you referring to Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome? How do you check for that?
Well my symptoms are usually as below:
-Pain on tip of penis
-Or pain inbetween testicles & anus
-Or pain on the groin (right side) which moves inbetween anus & testicles and inflammates my right side hip and my butt. Sometimes the pain goes to my inner thigh and down to the leg
-Or pain in pubic area
-Or pain in anus as of something is inside pushing out
Also my DRE sample came back positive with enterococcus species
Hello Jha.I am trying to understand. You have a infection of the prostate. Now he did a DRE do you have something wrong with your colen. Becuse I looked up the last 2 meds he put you on and they are both for colitis. Did you doctor tell you anything else. I was in the hospial last year with Sepsis. Almost died. White blood cell count was ove25.000. Had iv's for 20 days. It hit eveything. I had alot of pain with that infection even in the groin. It hurt so bad sometime i felt like someone was trying to pull them off. Stay on the meds and try to get more information from your doctor and drink alot of fluids Good Luck Ken
CPPS can cause all those symptoms. Get to a physio that knows about CPPS and get examined. Prostatitis can lead to CPPS so one way or another you will probably have to learn about it.
Whitebeach,
So a physical therapist you think could assist? Also i thought about seeking acupuncture.
Also just read about a book called "Headache of the Pelvis". Not sure if youhave heard about it.
Thanks
I think you should go to a physio to rule out CPPS. That area is all connected. Your prostate and bladder sit on top of the pelvic 'saddle' if that is 'cramping' it can send extreme pain to all the places you described. There are literally millions of men that have been told they have prostatitis but in fact they have CPPS which is treatable where as chronic prostatitis is very very difficult to treat.
Hello Kenneth,
No not that i know of. That was not mentioned. I have ben seeing my Urologist for about a year now. He has been trying his best to help cure my Prostate issue. Its been a battle of ups and downs.
How did you get Sepsis. Im not familiar with that.
So far the best luck i have had is Vancomycin. But seems to come back.
Whitebeach,
Sure i will try to google Exercise physiologists in my area.
Also i plan to buy the book i mentioned above. And yes you are correct Chronic Prostatitis is extremely difficult. This has been a battle for a year now with very little improvement.
I got it from taking a antibiolic for a bladder infection. I took it for 7 days and I was fine untill I got food posioning. Had noting to fight back. It hit my colon bladder kidneys and blood. Doctor say I had it for at least 6 weeks. I also wen into agute kindey failure. Make sure you take your meds. a infection can get bad quick. Did he to a blood check Ken
Kenneth,
Yes we did a blood test. We actually did 2. One was last year (Sept 2014) to check for all STD's and HIV, etc.. All came back negative. And recently in May we checked to see if i had early symptoms of Prostate cancer.
What blood work are you referring too? The ones i listed above?
Thanks
When I got to the hospital They check my white blood cell count It was over 25.000 It seam your doctor is trying to help Hopehe fines ut soon Ken
You need a pelvic pain pysio. It is a specialty most pysios will not know much about it. Where are you?
There is no medication available that will help, whethere Rx or over the counter or herbal. I have tried them all for years and some have bad side effects. Beware of TV informercials trying to sell you. They are all scams taking advantage of BPH sufferers.
Ken,
Yes me too as well. For the next few weeks it will be solid meds.
I can only it works. Will keep yall posted.
Lester,
Yes i feel the same way considering i have taking so many meds. I can only cross my fingers and hope the meds work.
Whitebeach,
I live in Texas. What do you recommend to google search?
Sorry i always depend on google.
hello JHA
I am in the same boat as you
I have been dealing with chronic bacterial prostatitis for 14 months now , in june
2014 I was given 10 days of bactrim and 10 days of clindamycin antibiotics .
In aug i relapsed I was given 4 weeks of bactrim after two weeks i asked to be
switched to some other medication because bactrim made my face turn bright
red , so they put me on 750 mg levofloxacin for 30 days this is were i want to
warn you about any antibiotics in the fluoroquinolone drug class .
three weeks into the levofloxacin i started to get blurred vision in my right eye
i kept on taking the meds thinking i need the full 30 days to beat my condition
then two days before i finished my meds my left wrist begin to hurt really bad
anyway i finished my last two days of meds , after i finished my 30 days of
levofloxacin is when the sh*t really hit the fan . I had muscle spasms all over
my body , blurred vision in my right eye , all my joints hurt very bad i was
Barely able to get to work a co worker of mine covered for me and did most
of my work for 6 months . it took 6 months for me too get over the majority
of the side effects of the levofloxacin , it has been 10 months now and i still
have a little vision problem in my right eye and my right knee still creaks
i am drinking beef bone broth once a day to help heal the tendons .
SO BE VERY CAREFUL OF LEVOFLOXACIN !!!
the doctor and phamacist said nothing of possible side effects
I was very angry !
so i stopped levofloxacin in oct 2014 , over the next 6 months i was dealing with
the side effects of the medicine it took my mind off my prostatitis condition but in
march and april 2015 i started to have new symptoms ejaculatory dysfunction for
a month then into full erectile dysfunction , i looked it up on google it said both can
be caused by LUTS lower urinary tract symptoms .
in may 2015 the pain started to come back in a big way it took me 6 weeks too
get in to see my urologist he said he wanted to start antibiotics , i told him the
problem i had with bactrim and levofloxacin and he gave me a prescription for
chephalexin.
I wanted a second opinion and luckly found a urologist i could see right away
he did a DRE to get expressed prostatic secretion and my white blood count
was high , I still had a prostate infection after telling him about what bactrim
and levofloxacin did to me he prescribed cephalexcin 500 mg 2x a day for
12 weeks and 5 mg cialis for the E.D.
I have a little over 2 weeks left of the cephalexin the 5mg cialis brought my
eractions back . so now i have to wait and see what happens when i get off the antibiotics . if i continue to have problems with chronic bacterial prostatitis
I am going to see an infectious disease specialist then the next step would be
to look into holmium laser prostate surgery ( HOLEP )
GRIFF
Hey bro I feel your pain try metrodizole 500 mg and cipro and doxcycline ....metrodizole 500mg kills trichomoniasis and its a parasite that most women carry ..doc will never do a test just say your gf has it and if you read about it cause prostatis... cipro for regular uti and doxcycline for chylimidia and gonhrea...if you got the new strand of gonhrea that is not curable try gentamicin 500 mg or get the shot this will kill the new strand with azithromycin 2 pills.... believe when it comes to a battle I never give up so you don't give up...
Griff,
I feel your pain my friend. I have been given a crap load of different antibotics. I need to pull the entire list up i have saved on a sheet of paper. I have basically been thrown enough medicine where i feel it can take out a Rhino.
I appreciate you sharing the information on the Levo. My Urologist prescribed me 750 mg 1 X day for 21 days. Im also taking Vancomycin as well for two weeks. I have tried Cipro as well (but no luck).
But yes i read about Levo (and Cipro as well) and knew that it can affect the Tendons anywhere on the body. Especially the feet and ankles. I was told by my GP afew months back about Cipro and not to be active in sports while on the medicine. This also goes for Levo as well. I hope u get better. make sure to take it easy. I read that even after a few months off of Levo or Cipro your Tendons are still very fragile.
Currently other than being on meds i was told to ejaculate frequently. I guess getting the blood flowing through and semen may help get meds to prostate.
So far how are the meds you are currently taking working for you? still having Prostate issues?
As for me still having issues, i described those issues above to whitebeach. Currently alot with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and pain at the tip of the penis.
This week i plan to seek acupuncture treatment. Not sure if it will help or not but i read it has helped other with CPPS. As for the Prostatitis i guess i have to wait to see if meds help.
I have lost alot of hope since i have tried so many meds.
I hope u get better.