Drugstore Hemorrhoid Medications

There are many drugstore and alternative Internet products fortreating hemorrhoids. Most of the products are not made to cure oreliminate hemorrhoids but to give you temporary relief of itching,pain, swelling or bleeding. I don't recommend using any type of productthat is not natural or that comes from a drugstore. If theproduct contains petrochemicals, additives, coloring, dyes, or otherchemicals, which enhance its appearance and feel, I would not use them.Most, if not all, of these chemicals will be absorbed into your bodywhere your organs of elimination will have to deal with eliminatingthem. All products whether drugs, drugstore medications, ornatural formulations use chemicals, substances, oils, and herbs thathave the following properties: " Anesthetics - suppresses pain and gives relief�any name with the suffix "caine" like tetracaine
" Analgesics - suppresses and give pain relief - some of them are Anacin, Tylenol with Codeine, OxyContin, Darvocet, Ultracet
" Vasoconstrictors - helps to narrow or constrict hemorrhoidal veins�any name with the suffix "rine" like phenylephrine
" Lubricants - provide lubrication in the colon to relieve constipation - mineral oil, flax seed oil, castor, oil olive oil
" Astringents - help to tighten tissue, which have been pushed out by hemorrhoid action - zinc oxide, witch hazel, calamine
" Keratolytics - help to remove excess hemorrhoidal tissue. They are compounds of sulfur and salicylic acid Manyof the drugstore medications have anesthetics. They can aggravate andirritate the hemorrhoids you're trying to eliminate. If you are usingone of these drugstore medications, consider using a more naturalremedy. In 1975 Carl I. Flath, wrote a book called The MiracleNutrient - How Dietary Fiber Can Save Your Life. In his book he talksabout the effectiveness of drugstore suppositories, "Suppositoriesquickly work their way up in the rectum beyond the location of mostinternal hemorrhoids, and so are of limited value in reducing localpain. As antiseptics they are essentially worthless, since the surfaceareas they are supposed to protect are under constant exposure to newbacteria�. Anesthetic agents do offer temporary relief from localirritations and pain� Neither the suppositories nor the ointments,however, do anything whatever to correct the basic cause ofhemorrhoids-constipation."