Yiqigushen capsule combined with levofloxacin highly effective for type III A prostatitis.
- Author:
Dong-Fa GUO
1
;
Hui-Ze ZHANG
;
Huai-Peng WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; therapeutic use; Capsules; Chronic Disease; Drug Therapy, Combination; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; therapeutic use; Humans; Levofloxacin; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Ofloxacin; therapeutic use; Prostatitis; drug therapy; pathology; Treatment Outcome
- From: National Journal of Andrology 2008;14(1):88-90
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the clinical efficacy of the Chinese medicine Yiqigushen Capsule combined with levofloxacin on type III A prostatitis.
METHODSA total of 180 patients with type III A prostatitis were equally randomized into a treatment group, which received Yiqigushen Capsule combined with levofloxacin, and a control group, which was given Yiqigushen Capsule only, both for 4 weeks. NIH-CPSI scores and leukocyte counts in the expressed prostatic secretions of all the patients were analyzed before and after the treatment.
RESULTSAfter the treatment, NIH-CPSI scores and leukocyte counts in the expressed prostatic secretions of both the groups were significantly decreased compared with pre-treatment (P < 0.05 or 0.01), with statistic differences in NIH-CPSI scores but not in leukocyte counts (P < 0.05) between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONYiqigushen Capsule combined with levofloxacin is highly effective for type III A prostatitis.
