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Phytotherapy and the Prostatitis Syndromes

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Book cover Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Urology ((CCU))

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Given the lack of proven efficacy of conventional therapies, it is not surprising that patients have turned with increasing frequency to phytotherapy and other alternative treatments. Although alternative therapies are plentiful, few have been subjected to scientific scrutiny and prospective controlled clinical trials. This chapter will cover therapies commonly used in prostatitis patients and focus in detail on those with published data. These treatments include zinc, cernilton (bee pollen), quercetin, and saw palmetto. Complementary therapies may indeed have much to offer patients, particularly those with chronic degenerative conditions in which allopathic therapies have proven less successful. Alternative therapies, however, require the same scientific criteria for validation and acceptance as do conventional medical therapies.

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Shoskes, D.A. (2008). Phytotherapy and the Prostatitis Syndromes. In: Shoskes, D.A. (eds) Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-472-8_8

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