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For prostatitis i have taken 6 weeks of trimethoprim with not much improvements, should i change to ciprofloxacin?

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Chronic: prostatitis can be a difficult problem. Get to a urologist for specialist opinion. Sometimes antibiotics alone cannot control the problem.

Dr Khanna and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/30/2017

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