Levofloxacin

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Clinical Study

Administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic with or without gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist reduced uterine infection and decreased tissue inflammation, cell proliferation, and angiogenesis in women with endometriosis.

2021 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Levofloxacin or gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist treatment decreases intrauterine microbial colonization in human endometriosis
Khan KN, Fujishita A, Muto H, Masumoto H, Ogawa K, Koshiba A, Mori T, Itoh K, Teramukai S, Matsuda K, Nakashima M, Kitawaki J

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Systematic Review

Current evidence supports acupuncture as an effective treatment for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome-induced symptoms, particularly in relieving pain.

2016 Medicine Systematic Review of Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Qin Z, Wu J, Zhou J, Liu Z.

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A Clinical Study published in 2021 in the journal European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology found that Administering a broad-spectrum antibiotic with or without gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist reduced uterine infection and decreased tissue inflammation, cell proliferation, and angiogenesis in women with endometriosis. This research was a prospective non-randomized observational study which collected endometrial samples during surgery from both a control group and a group of women suffering from endometriosis. These groups were treated with levofloxacin or a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist before surgery. The samples were subjected to a polymerase chain reaction amplification of bacteria and followed by an immunohistochemical analysis using various antibodies associated with plasma cells, macrophages, cell proliferation, and vascular cells. Analyzing the metagenome assay of the 16S rDNA revealed that treatment with levofloxacin, or a combination of Gonadotropin releasing hormone and levofloxacin had effectively lessened several major bacterial genera compared with the untreated group. Particularly in women suffering from endometriosis, such treatment significantly reduced the presence of certain bacteria. A Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test indicated that the occurrence rate of chronic endometritis decreased following treatment involving levofloxacin and the gonadotropin releasing hormone. The findings were consistent with considerable reduced infiltration of certain stained macrophages, cell proliferation and micro-vessel density in both endometria and endometriotic lesions. These improvements were visually confirmed with improvements in ovarian endometrioma morphology.

A Systematic Review published in 2016 in the journal Medicine found that Current evidence supports acupuncture as an effective treatment for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome-induced symptoms, particularly in relieving pain. Real acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture in improving symptoms (pain, voiding) and quality of life (Qof) domain subscores. Compared to sham acupuncture and medicine, acupuncture appears to be more effective at improving the global assessment. Two trials found that there is no significant difference between acupuncture and sham acupuncture in decreasing the IPSS score. Acupuncture failed to show more favorable effects in improving both symptoms and the Qof domain compared with medicine. Overall, current evidence supports acupuncture as an effective treatment for CP/CPPS-induced symptoms, particularly in relieving pain. Based on the meta-analysis, acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in improving symptoms and Qof. Acupuncture might be similar to medicine (Levofloxacinand, Ibuprofen, and Tamsulosin) in its long-term effects, but evidence was limited due to high ROB among included trials as well as potential heterogeneity. Acupuncture is associated with rare and slightly adverse events.

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