METHODS FOR TREATING PROSTATITIS
It has been discovered that silodosin is effective in treating patients having symptoms associated with prostatitis with silodosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In a preferred embodiment, patients are treated with 4 mg once daily.
1 . A method of treating a patient having symptoms of prostatitis and/or pelvic pain syndrome comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of silodosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is about 2 mg to about 8 mg.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is about 4 mg to about 8 mg.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is 4 mg to 8 mg.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is about 4 mg.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is delivered in a divided daily dose.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount is delivered in a single daily dose.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the effective amount is delivered in a twice-daily dose.
9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the effective amount is delivered in a single daily dose.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a pharmaceutical composition is administered comprising silodosin and at least one excipient.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a pharmaceutical composition is administered comprising silodosin and an antibiotic.
12 . A method of treating a patient having symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of silodosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the effective amount is about 2 mg to about 8 mg.
14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the effective amount is about 4 mg.