Short course oral prednisolone therapy in chronic abacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia: case reports of three responders and one non-responder
- 1Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
- Dr Sylvia Bates Sylvia.bates{at}csuh.nhs.uk
- Accepted 18 July 2000
Abstract
Objective: To report on a small group of patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome treated with oral corticosteroids in order to suggest a hypothesis for a future randomised controlled trial.
Design: A retrospective, observational report.
Results: Three out of the four patients reported improvement in symptoms following steroid treatment.
Conclusions: These reports suggest that there is scope for conducting a randomised, placebo controlled study to investigate the role of oral corticosteroids in patients with chronic abacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome who have failed on conventional therapy.
