Regarding prostate issues:

Where we live, the knowledgeable doctors are using doxycycline for prostatitis. It is an antibiotic, and also has anti-inflammatory properties to take down inflammation. Its only downside is possible Candida of the bowel, so yogurt or kefir is a good idea with it.

Cipro is now generic. This means that drug reps are no longer promoting it. Hence younger doctors, or those like ER doctors who are younger (and missed the promotion) or not visited regularly by drug reps, have not been brainwashed to overuse it, any more. The general public does not realize that when a doctor in private practice orders a brand name drug, this is reported back to the drug company monthly by pharmacy software programs (paid for by the Big Pharma and then some) to gather statistics on their drug promotions. In the "business" this is called gathering "numbers". ER doctors typically are not called upon by drug reps, so their "numbers" are not pushed at each visit, by the sales. This factoid was initially revealed in Canada, and now many people realize what a complex interaction exists between doctors and Big Pharma.

Once a brand name goes GEQ (generic equivalent) this process stops.
Cipro was heavily and I mean heavily promoted at one time.
It was approved by the FDA as an alternative antibiotic and not for first line use, and the drug manufacturer bypassed that one and the result was overuse.

Here is an example of one discussion about data gathering:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033749_dr...r_records.html
There are many more on the net, including the Canadian one from years ago that was the whistleblower for consumers.

In fact this whole site is worth reading when you have the time.
http://www.naturalnews.com/drug_companies.html