PMID: 8583618Mar 1, 1996Paper

Ameliorative effect of allopurinol on nonbacterial prostatitis: a parallel double-blind controlled study

The Journal of Urology
B E PerssonM Ekblom

Abstract

Nonbacterial prostatitis is a common problem in young men. It is a disease that is often recurrent and each episode lasts for several months. Different causative mechanisms of the disease have been discussed, including identified and unidentified microorganisms, stone formation and psychological factors. We have demonstrated in a previous study that urinary reflux (as shown by a high creatinine concentration in prostatic fluid) occurs to a varying extent into the prostatic ducts, and this reflux has been related to prostatic pain and urate concentration in expressed prostatic secretion. We performed a paralled double-blind controlled study of the objective and subjective effects of allopurinol on patients with nonbacterial prostatitis. Twenty patients received placebo, 18 received 300 mg. allopurinol daily and 16 received 600 mg allopurinol daily for 240 days. All patients began medication at the same time regardless of whether the disease was in an active state. No side effects were noted in the treatment groups. Significant effects were noted on the concentrations of serum urate, urine urate, expressed prostatic secretion urate, expressed prostatic secretion xanthine and subjective discomfort. Allopurinol has a significant, p...Continue Reading

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