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What is it like to have Prostatitis?

Common symptoms	How bad it is	What people are taking for it
Severity Severe Moderate Mild None
Anxious mood	2 (9%) patients experienced severe severity 8 (35%) patients experienced moderate severity 8 (35%) patients experienced mild severity 5 (22%) patients experienced no severity	Oxcarbazepine
Pain	2 (9%) patients experienced severe severity 11 (48%) patients experienced moderate severity 6 (26%) patients experienced mild severity 4 (17%) patients experienced no severity	Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Amitriptyline, Tramadol
Insomnia	1 (5%) patients experienced severe severity 7 (32%) patients experienced moderate severity 7 (32%) patients experienced mild severity 7 (32%) patients experienced no severity	Individual Therapy
Fatigue	7 (30%) patients experienced severe severity 7 (30%) patients experienced moderate severity 7 (30%) patients experienced mild severity 2 (9%) patients experienced no severity	Nothing reported yet
Depressed mood	2 (9%) patients experienced severe severity 5 (23%) patients experienced moderate severity 9 (41%) patients experienced mild severity 6 (27%) patients experienced no severity	Venlafaxine, Individual Therapy

What do patients take to treat Prostatitis and its symptoms?

Treatments reported by members	Perceived effectiveness	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Ciprofloxacin (Ciprobay XR, Cipro, Ciproxine, Cipro XR)	0 (0%) experienced major perceived effectiveness 0 (0%) experienced moderate perceived effectiveness 0 (0%) experienced slight perceived effectiveness 0 (0%) experienced no perceived effectiveness 1 (100%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Cyclobenzaprine (PMS-Cyclobenzaprine, Fexmid, Amrix, Flexeril)	0 (NaN%) experienced major perceived effectiveness 0 (NaN%) experienced moderate perceived effectiveness 0 (NaN%) experienced slight perceived effectiveness 0 (NaN%) experienced no perceived effectiveness 0 (NaN%) could not tell	0 (NaN%) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN%) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN%) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from Prostatitis patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Prostatitis at PatientsLikeMe?

62 patients have this condition
3 New patients joined this month
39 say Prostatitis is their primary condition

<20	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70+
Current Age
0 patients	2 patients	15 patients	17 patients	5 patients	11 patients	3 patients

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 years	0	0
20-29 years	6	6
30-39 years	7	7
40-49 years	4	4
50-59 years	3	3
60-69 years	3	3
70+ years	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	25	25
Not Diagnosed	7	7

These charts show data from Prostatitis patients who have completed their condition history

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